Opinion Stories from May 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Sometimes, ‘the funnies’ aren’t just about funMay 17, 2012 1:09 pm - My grandmother used to call them “the funnies.” The diminutive term suggested both that everyone agreed on the mission of the comics and that that mission was more frivo...
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Grayslake schools hurt by improper use of stimulus moneyMay 17, 2012 10:33 am - After reading about Grayslake’s school problems re: money and air-conditioning, I couldn’t contain myself. It made me sick. Why that entire school board wasn’t removed I...
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Don’t change Bible to fit your needsMay 17, 2012 10:27 am - I had a few thoughts after reading Ginger Storniolo’s comments (Fence Post, May 12) on Bible translations being so inaccurate that we really can’t know what it says. To ...
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The real issue behind voter IDMay 17, 2012 10:27 am - Regarding Mr. Michael Fredian’s letter of May 5: Sorry, the number of voter fraud convictions has no correlation to the number of frauds successfully perpetrated. I agre...
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Tax exemptions difficult to navigateMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - Cook County’s property tax exemptions are meant to help reduce homeowners property tax burdens, but they are much like Chicago’s weather. Just wait a minute and it will ...
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Silicon slummingMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - The Victorian era gave birth to a very unpleasant custom called slumming. Parties of swells in London and New York would descend on impoverished neighborhoods as a form ...
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Anger over pensions blocks solutionMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - “Second Naperville District 203 teacher claims Golden Apple prize.” “Area schools ranked among best in state, nation by U.S. News & World Report.” “Buffalo Grove sixth g...
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All faiths must unite against terrorismMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - Sami Hassoun’s anger at the world, perhaps even at the Cubs, could have been overturned had he only followed his daily prescription — face east and prostrate into prayer...
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Balancing budget is no radical ideaMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - I find it interesting that President Obama is blasting the GOP as “radical” for their ideas on how to balance the budget. What is radical is the idea of no more free rid...
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Kudos, Lombard, on aggregation dealMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - It is all too common in our day-to-day life that we tend to focus on things that go wrong. Yet, from start to finish, Lombard’s handling of electricity aggregation was a...
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