Opinion Stories from April 18, 2012 (Change date)
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Don’t let election block tough issuesApr 18, 2012 6:32 pm - They say trouble comes in threes. And the Illinois legislature is dealing with trouble aplenty as it opens the spring legislative session facing substantial challenges f...
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Women, work, jobs and timeApr 18, 2012 11:18 am - To quote “Adelaide’s Lament” from “Guys and Dolls,” “You can feed her all day with the vitamin A and the bromofizz/ But the medicine never gets anywhere near where the t...
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The real Rosen question: Can Romney relate?Apr 18, 2012 11:18 am - As it turns out, Hilary Rosen was wrong about Ann Romney not working a day in her life. She’s plainly working right now, as a strategist for her husband’s campaign, not ...
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What Mitt will we get?Apr 18, 2012 11:18 am - It’s all over but the shouting, or, in this case, the polite applause: Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican presidential nominee. But which Mitt Romney? Will it be ...
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A reminder on words and respectApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - Words, we know, are powerful. Some are so formidable that polite people can abide no more of them than their first letter. In a few cases, they carry such force that the...
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Vote out lawmakers who overspentApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - Those familiar with Illinois’ dire circumstances relative to its five public employee pension funds conclude that these systems are structurally sound and effectively ma...
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Tragic barn fire led to great lossApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - It was grievous and disheartening to read about the deaths of several horses that perished in a traumatic and horrific barn fire in McHenry County. To make matters worse...
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Organ donors are lifesaversApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - April is National Donate Life Month for promoting organ and tissue donation. Over 113,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. Approximately ...
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Economic object lessons from LondonApr 18, 2012 1:00 am - The United Kingdom is in the midst of the great pasty crisis of 2012 — which, incidentally, has nothing to do with the garb of exotic dancers. The pasty is a hot, meat-f...
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Truth a casualty in ‘Mommy Wars’Apr 18, 2012 1:00 am - Virtually everything said and done in a presidential election year distorts the truth, much like concave and convex mirrors in a carnival attraction alter one’s true ref...
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