Opinion Stories from August 10, 2017 (Change date)
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Defending qualityAug 10, 2017 12:30 pm - I read the Daily Herald article about the mechanics strike on Aug. 2 and fully support their desire for adequate time to safely complete repairs. I recently purchased st...
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Celebrate conservation in new Farm BillAug 10, 2017 12:30 pm - In light of Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue's "Back to Our Roots" tour around five Midwestern states, it is important to reflect on which pieces of the Farm Bill d...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonAug 10, 2017 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Coalition of the governingAug 10, 2017 1:00 am - Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, wrote to her Republican counterparts extending "the hand of friendship" and offering "to work in a bipartisan fashion" to fix ...
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Airport noise wasn't part of the bargainAug 10, 2017 12:30 pm - Twenty-five years ago, we moved out to Bartlett because we wanted a quiet, bucolic setting for our home. We accepted a longer commute to work in the city, we accepted hi...
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Tax-hike arithmetic doesn't sound so badAug 10, 2017 12:30 pm - In Dan McCaleb's Aug. 2 column, he states that the average increase in the state income tax will be $1,000. I'm not an accountant, but I can do simple math, and by my re...
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Echoes of Vietnam reverberate in AfghanistanAug 10, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer You will be forgiven for confessing that you are confused about where we are going in Afghanistan. You might also add that you still are not sure w...
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Health care may be charity, but it's not a rightAug 10, 2017 12:05 am - Maria Fort argues in a July 29 edition that health care should be a human right. For that to happen, it would have to be right, as in moral, to coerce someone to complet...
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Gun violence is everyone's problemAug 10, 2017 12:05 am - After the shooting at the congressional baseball practice, one of the witnesses commented that he wasn't even safe at a baseball practice. My son, John, an Aurora, Color...
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