Opinion Stories from May 4, 2013 (Change date)
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Editorial: A changing of the guard across the suburbsMay 04, 2013 6:00 pm - It is difficult to remember a time when so many mayors and village presidents left office in the suburbs. They’re leaving in droves this month, most of them this week. ...
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Work for best interests of allMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - It seems the residents of Fox Lake can’t stop shooting themselves in the foot. Approximately 17 percent of the registered voters in Fox Lake voted in the last election. ...
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Religion shouldn’t be blamedMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - I object to the headline reporting on the Boston Marathon bombing that said: “Officials: Brothers were driven by religion.” As though it is all religious. How unfair and...
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The SoapboxMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - Preckwinkle warms to our suburbs: On Tuesday, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle attended a luncheon in Palatine to speak to Northwest suburban business leader...
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Learn about lupus this monthMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - Have you ever heard of lupus? Most people haven’t. It is an autoimmune, chronic disease that is so little understood that the Lupus Foundation of America calls it “a cru...
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Senate missed the boat on gun voteMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - The 45 senators (aka cowards) who voted against the Manchin-Toomey bill, which would require expanded background checks for gun purchases, completely ignored the will of...
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Going in circles on pension reformMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - A couple of weeks ago, a male robin staked out his territory and started to attack my house as he saw his reflection in my windows, perceiving it as another robin encroa...
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Wall Street traders should check facts firstMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - I have always considered myself to be a reasonably intelligent person, with enough street smarts that I have been able to create a pretty good life for my family. But I ...
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Two columns make Bush’s role clearMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - Richard Cohen’s recent column was titled “George W. Bush’s remarkable gift of self-assurance.” In it he stated “4,487 the number of American dead in an unnecessary Iraq ...
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Higher speed limits not worth the riskMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - The Illinois legislature is considering a bill to raise the speed limit on interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph. The bill’s main advocate is Republicn state Sen. Ji...
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