Opinion Stories from October 24, 2013 (Change date)
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Disability Employment Awareness MonthOct 24, 2013 11:00 pm - "I was, on the whole, considerably discouraged by my school days. It was not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the beginning of the ra...
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Written off for dead, immigration reform could still liveOct 24, 2013 12:42 pm - The Senate and House had not even settled the final details of ending the government shutdown before President Obama was on to his next priority. “We still need to pass ...
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A clarification on 2016’s Election DayOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - I agree with Mr. Piagari’s thoughts expressed in his Oct. 19 letter urging us to do our homework. I wanted to correct his one error. The presidential election in 2016 wi...
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A health care law in need of a doctorOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - For liberals, it is a cruel twist of history that Harry Truman’s dream of universal health coverage, carried forward by generations of committed Democrats, should fall t...
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Downtown conferences valuable to school boardsOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - I read with interest the article about the cost of suburban school board members attending the annual conferences in Chicago, so I called my brother-in-law for input. He...
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Show allegiance to U.S., not to one partyOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - It seems that some politicians in Washington (the Tea Party in particular) aren’t citizens of the United States anymore. They’re citizens of their own party with more al...
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Free speech: For good, ill or in between, it’s to die forOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - In honor of National Free Speech Week, I’d really like to wax loquacious on this important fundamental right, but I know I can’t improve on the eloquent simplicity of th...
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GOP should take the longer viewOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - In the past few decades there has been a general conception that Republicans, rather than Democrats, have strategic plans that stretch further into the future. Their emp...
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Brainerd Building should be renovatedOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - A voice from the Class of 1939 concerning the future of the former Libertyville Township High School, now known as the Brainerd Building: I submit my opinion and approva...
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Editorial: What happened to the sense of urgency on pensions?Oct 24, 2013 5:00 am - Even before the first day of the scheduled fall session of the Illinois legislature closed on Tuesday, the House had canceled today’s activities. Three days of work appe...
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