Addison Opinion
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A clear choice for LombardiansMar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - As a recent college graduate, I've been paying careful attention to the dire financial forecasts coming out of Washington and Springfield. The picture often looks bleak,...
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What will military do in Egypt?Mar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Do we live in a republic or a democracy? In a republic we elect people to represent us in a Congress. The Romans around 300 B.C. lived in a Republic. In a democracy the ...
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Don't cut funds for at-risk kidsMar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - I'm concerned that federal spending cuts proposed for this year expect law enforcement to fight crime with both hands tied behind their backs. On one hand, there are pro...
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Public workers’ sense of entitlementMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - I’m sitting here in disbelief that, once again, the sense of entitlement by public workers is over-the-top. As taxpayers, we should appreciate our police, fireman, teac...
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Proud to be an American citizenMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - A little over two years into President Obama’s first term as president he has helped to get our country back on track by accomplishing: Ending combat operations in Iraq;...
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Death penalty not effective, expensiveMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - The problem with capital punishment is not the morality of it, but its ineffectiveness. The argument that death penalty deters crime is based purely upon hypothetical mu...
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Candidate session: What you say here won't stay hereMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Actual excerpts of e-mail discussion among Daily Herald staffers. Names redacted to protect the guilty and to avoid getting ahead of the story. Editor 1: “As several of ...
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Handing all over to corporate interstsMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Most depressing is the news in Wisconsin and other states threating collective bargaining rights. State legislators years and years irresponsibly did not fund their shar...
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Maybe she should run as Lisa ByrnesMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - I saw in the Daily Herald that the RTA has hired Illinois House Leader Mike Madigan’s son-in law to the top lobbyist job. Is this the start of the “Stroger Rule’ of pol...
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Police, minority groups need to talkMar 01, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board Just a few weeks ago, we took notice in this space of the ever-increasing diversity numbers in the suburbs as reported by the U.S. Ce...