Opinion Stories from May 10, 2016 (Change date)
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Editorial: Dist. 214 takes good step toward issues of student stress, sleepMay 11, 2016 9:46 am - It's a safe bet that a majority of parents with a high school student have lamented either how tired or busy their son or daughter is as they juggle academics and extrac...
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Editorials: Streamlining chain of command an important part of reforming townshipsMay 11, 2016 5:13 pm - Townships often are in the crosshairs when critics take aim at Illinois' large and expensive collection of local governments. With 6,963 taxing bodies, we're far and awa...
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'None of the above' could be solutionMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - It seems that throughout my adult life, we have had to choose between two presidential candidates that most Americans disliked. I wish I had $1 for each time I heard s...
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Conditions that produced Hitler similar to todayMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - May I respond to Joyce Becker Lee? It is most frightening that Donald Trump is saying what a lot of people are thinking. There is strong similarity to 1936 Germany when ...
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In the White House, a dangerous prideMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - I've read a fair number of books on foreign policy in recent years, yet the one that's always made the greatest impression on me was assigned to our class in the sixth g...
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Term limits protect against others' candidatesMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - In a recent letter to the editor, the writer disparages the notion of term limits as "telling me that I'm not smart enough to vote out poor elected officials ..." Term l...
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The Dalai Lama's path to peaceMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - DHARAMSALA, India - When posed a policy question, the Dalai Lama is surprisingly (for a religious leader) un-prone to moralism. What, I asked him, does he think of the E...
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The goal of a debt-free college educationMay 10, 2016 10:52 am - Back in the last century, when I and many of us attended college, we remember that paying for a public university education was possible by modest family contributions a...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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