Arlington Heights Opinion
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Didn't back legislative pay raiseAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - This is no time for a legislative pay raise. Too many Illinois families are facing financial hardships where one person has a job, but there isn't enough income to pay f...
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Elect Prochno to clean things upAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois government has become synonymous with political corruption. Our governor has become an expert at pay-to-play politics and continues to increase his campaign don...
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Kirk explains vote on equal pay billAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Should Congress force a woman to proactively opt out of class action lawsuits or lose her individual right to sue for wage discrimination? Hard to imagine that this ques...
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Seals' energy policy: Been there, done thatAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By those standards we should send the men in white coa...
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Bean a Congressional truantAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes missing, Melissa Bean: What member of the suburban delegation to the U.S. House has missed the most votes in the 110th Congress? A Soapbox Dart to Barringt...
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Iraq enjoys surplus, we suffer oil pricesAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Media is updating what some people may consider progress in Iraq - Iraq could have a $79 billion surplus by year's end. As a large producer of oil, Iraq watches this su...
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Kirk stands up to Iran, AhmadinejadAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to applaud Congressman Mark Kirk for leading the charge in Congress to "call a spade a spade" when it comes to the rantings of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahm...
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Who gets to decide the 'worth of life?'Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading the Cal Thomas column on Aug. 4th, I felt I had to respond. Thomas is worried about the "worth of life," if left to the government. His issue is a 53-year-...
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Bible is a practical basis to create lawsAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to Judith A. Carlson's letter (Fence Post, Aug. 3) regarding a previous writer's suggestion to use the Bible as a basis to create government law, I think she...
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Wasn't Jackson's remark a threat?Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Justice is supposed to be blind. Everyone is supposed to be equal under the law. Apparently this doesn't apply to the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Jackson was caught by a live mi...