Algonquin Opinion
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What’s to become of Pace bus?Dec 06, 2011 4:00 am - Recently, while waiting for a No. 802 Pace bus on North Avenue, a woman remarked to me that she didn’t know what was going to happen to our bus service. When the bus cam...
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Is Newt really the man for the GOP?Dec 06, 2011 4:00 am - Has it really come to this for the Republicans? Gingrich is their man? To me, he is the founding father of today’s snarling attack dog who will say anything — factual tr...
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Say no to fur this ChristmasDec 04, 2011 4:00 am - If you’re like most people, then you’ve already started shopping this holiday season. Here I would like to encourage you to read the labels of clothing items such as coa...
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A little holiday verseDec 03, 2011 4:00 am - An Occupy Christmas T’were the days before Christmas with deficits so high, Super committees disbanded and bewilderment nigh. Sir Barack in his kerchief, Ms. Michelle in...
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Bush’s tax breaks caused this riftDec 03, 2011 4:00 am - My dear Mr. Gingrich, Maybe if the unemployed people who are occupying Wall Street were employed by the 1 percent who were given tax breaks by George W. Bush’s Jobs and ...
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Don’t knock U.S. government innovationDec 03, 2011 4:00 am - I write in response to Dave Souders’ Nov. 22 letter to Fence Post. In essence, Souder resurrects the old saw, “There’s nothing wrong with our country that less governmen...
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Why be so nasty to each other?Dec 03, 2011 4:00 am - In the wake of a year packed with loss and anger, from the victims of the Joplin tornado victims to the standoff with Congress this summer to Occupy Wall Street, I wonde...
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Seeing red over red light ticketDec 03, 2011 4:00 am - I received a red light violation notice. I feel it is my duty to inform the many who are unaware of this travesty before several others are taken in. Our government is a...
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Depends on how you define sentienceDec 02, 2011 4:00 am - Part of a line from a recent letter in the Fence Post: “The least we can do for sentient animals ...” This letter was written by one who believes that “The culling or ki...
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Woeful inaction on Sears dealDec 02, 2011 4:00 am - It’s a scary thing, in this economy, not to know whether your employer is sticking around or pulling up stakes for a move to another state. Thousands of suburban familie...