Opinion Stories from November 24, 2015 (Change date)
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Fuddy Duddy brings joy in a sad worldNov 25, 2015 4:00 pm - I perused a recent Saturday Daily Herald on the all-too-common disheartening events of the day. Page 1 had a story on the Mali siege. Page 2, an article on "the Donald";...
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State is not governor's playthingNov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - Before entering public service. Governor Rauner's business was private equity. The private equity model is to buy and sell companies. They make profits by reducing the t...
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Careful vetting of Syrian immigrants?Nov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - The news is filled with conversations about passports, their importance for travel and their use as an official identifying document. A few years ago, on one of our trav...
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We expect more of sheriff, county boardNov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - I am amazed that elected county officials are finger pointing over meeting and approving a budget. It's bad enough we are dealing with the controversy at College of Dup...
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Why won't Islamic lands take refugees?Nov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - One aspect of the Syrian "refugee" business that perplexes me is that the "refugees" are trying to leave their culture, their language, their religion, etc., and go to t...
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Editorial: The blessed benefits of counting our blessingsNov 25, 2015 3:09 pm - When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed, / When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, / Count your many blessings, name them one by one, / And it will surpr...
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More Muslim leaders should condemn violenceNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Great editorial "Fear leads to hatred, hatred to anger" in the Nov. 20 edition. As you said, what we need is "..more moderate Muslims like Akram [an imam for one of Ch...
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Princeton debate ignores the whole WilsonNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - At Princeton University, the image and name of Woodrow Wilson could soon be erased. He was the school's president from 1902 to 1910, reforming it, transforming it and se...
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Editorial: Naperville right to end council's health benefitsNov 24, 2015 8:18 am - Should elected city council members qualify for taxpayer-supported benefits that rank-and-file employees don't have? That's the crux of the matter in Naperville, where c...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonNov 24, 2015 12:57 pm - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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