All Stories from February 28, 2013 (Change date)
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Price-gouging in ‘free market’ medicineFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - When folks pan the Affordable Care Act for being nearly 3,000 pages long, here’s a sensible response: It could have been done in a page and a half if it simply declared ...
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Unions, government both at faultFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - I was dismayed by Richard Piagari’s perspective (Fence Post, Feb. 6). Good teachers are certainly one of our greatest assets, and the jobs they do directly impact how we...
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Great Society started decline of familiesFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - One of the problems that I see facing the United States of America is the decline in the family unit. Up until the Lyndon Johnson Great Society, a family was comprised o...
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Roskam, GOP must work with presidentFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - My congressman, Peter Roskam, has failed miserably in his job representing the Illinois 6th Congressional District. I thought when you go to Congress and represent a dis...
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Marriage in realm of religion, not stateFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - The Senate should not have wasted time approving gay marriage; instead, it should have abolished all state sanctioned “marriage” and replaced it with civil unions. The F...
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Editorial: Weary, unhappy, but ready for forced federal cutsFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - With what, if not weariness, are we left to approach Friday’s new supposed precipice of disaster? Alarm? Dismay? Anger? Resentment? Disgust? Ridicule? We’ve felt them al...
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'Phantom' an uneven yet fascinating film thrillerFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - On the heels of a year in which an amazing number of movies portrayed American military, intelligence and political processes without an ounce of cynicism, where can a f...
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When a Class 3 Killstorm turns out to be ho-hum snowFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - A generation ago, we'd turn on the local TV news before bed, hear meteorologist Harry Volkman predict 5 inches of snow before morning, and take action by setting the ala...
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'Jack the Giant Slayer' gives tale a CGI action makeoverFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - For a movie all about the magic of storytelling, "Jack the Giant Slayer" doesn't conjure up much of it. Bryan Singer's action fantasy overdoses on cheesy computer anima...
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Punish gang bangers, not gun ownersFeb 28, 2013 3:40 am - Punish gang bangers, not gun owners When it comes to drunken driving, we place blame on the driver, not the car or the alcohol. There aren’t any proposals to ban al...