Opinion Stories from June 28, 2012 (Change date)
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The consolation prizeJun 28, 2012 2:23 pm - Conservatives won a substantial victory on Thursday. The physics of American politics — actions provoking reactions — continues to move the crucial debate, about the nat...
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Editorial: Move beyond rancor on health careJun 28, 2012 2:15 pm - In his opinion for the Supreme Court majority upholding the basic foundations of the national health care law, Chief Justice John Roberts may have said nothing more impo...
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Wars won’t end if we don’t leave NATOJun 28, 2012 5:23 am - Congress ratified our United Nations membership in 1945 by a favorable vote of 89 senators with only two refusing to join. NATO is a subsidiary of the United Nations, a...
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Editorial: Donating now, or later, can be lifesaverJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - Chris Doing of Carpentersville and Kalin Koychev of Wheeling are two very special men. Both stepped forward to help a young boy they'd never met have a better life. Both...
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Death be not proudJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - No doubt it’s the mark of getting older, but hardly a week goes by when a death — of someone I know or someone I know of — doesn’t hit me in the gut. When I was younger ...
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Our evolving thoughts on punishmentJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - “Even if it could be demonstrated unequivocally that (public flogging and hand branding) were not cruel and unusual measures in 1791 ... I doubt whether any federal judg...
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Set up restaurant outside Vernon HillsJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - I have been waiting seven years (since I moved here) for a Chick-fil-A to come to Lake County. When I lived in Orlando, I used to go to Chick-fil-A once a week for their...
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Waterboarding not as bad as ‘kill list’Jun 28, 2012 5:00 am - During President Bush’s tenure several interrogation methods were used to obtain information from the hard-core terrorists. One method used as a last resort was the wate...
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Ring a bike bell, prevent a collisionJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - My morning walk is becoming quite treacherous because of increasing numbers of bicycle riders on the sidewalks. I have always watched carefully to avoid being hit by a c...
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Ulterior motives in voter ID debateJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - I’ve been reading the ongoing debate in Fence Post about the voter ID laws being passed in many states. I think back to an interview I saw with then Vice President Dick ...
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