Opinion Columns
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Always happy to run your letters: For free!!!May 26, 2013 5:00 am - Always happy to run your letters — for free!!! It was a terrifying time for Joe and Annette Huber. Joe, 75, was driving; his wife, Annette, was the passenger. The South...
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Medicaid not getting the scrutiny it needsMay 24, 2013 3:40 pm - As a result of legislation passed last year by the Illinois General Assembly, a private company is analyzing Illinois’ Medicaid program to make sure it is running effici...
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Medicaid not getting the scrutiny it needsMay 24, 2013 5:00 am - As a result of legislation passed last year by the Illinois General Assembly, a private company is analyzing Illinois’ Medicaid program to make sure it is running effici...
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Changes aim not just to interest but to engageMay 23, 2013 5:00 am - We talk a lot at the Daily Herald about engagement. Providing stories and commentary that are interesting is one thing; providing stories and commentary that stir reader...
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Cruz finds redemptionMay 22, 2013 5:00 am - A couple of weeks ago, in a partisan jab, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (a Democrat) accused Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (a Republican) of being “anti-immigration.” Thi...
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Retirement plan different from savings planMay 22, 2013 5:00 am - The current effort in the Illinois General Assembly to “reform” the state-funded pension systems is not really about pensions. It’s really about the state budget, and wh...
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Baseless fears of Common CoreMay 21, 2013 1:25 pm - Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall i...
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How Mitzie got her gateMay 20, 2013 1:24 pm - It was only when they put the cuffs on her and led her out of the Cincinnati Federal Office Building that she finally realized how much trouble she was in. Her husband, ...
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Carol Stream T-shirt guy’s work underscores our Business missionMay 19, 2013 5:00 am - So, the missus and I were watching a Blackhawks game, and we saw a fan wearing a T-shirt with a combo Bulls-Hawks logo: the angry bull with the colorful Hawks feathers. ...
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Government’s heavy handMay 19, 2013 5:00 am - So, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has investigated the IRS investigation of conservative groups. And the FBI has launched a criminal investigatio...