Barrington Hills Opinion
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Could the events of 1929 revisit us?Dec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Now that another season of economic ups and downs is over, one wonders if the world is moving toward another economic and political disaster like the one in 1929. Not on...
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Smaller districts may be the answerDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Your Dec. 11 editorial was right on (“A formula to end Illinois’ corruption”). What you didn’t say is how we get more democracy. The problem in Illinois is the size of t...
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How dare Obama breathe and eatDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - How dare Obama breathe and eat A recent Fence Post letter criticizing how the Obamas have decorated the White House for Christmas shocked me into a new revelation. ...
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Government’s hand too heavy in businessDec 18, 2011 4:47 am - The Dec. 7 column by Richard Cohen demonstrated once again his narrow views. He stated that two American auto companies survived because of our money given as bailouts. ...
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End the cover-up over Fast and FuriousDec 18, 2011 4:47 am - I would like to know why the Daily Herald and other major newspapers are not reporting on and covering the “Fast and Furious” scandal of our federal government. This is ...
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Notch babies have reason to complainDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - After World War II, the people who were in Washington, D.C., at the time remarked on how much money was in Social Security, and they didn’t know just what to do with all...
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Holiday’s origin ignored in letterDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - The Nov. 25 Daily Herald included USA Weekend as a supplement, and a feature of that supplement was “The 2011 Obama Holiday Letter” written by President Barack Obama for...
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Right decision on Cubs managerDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - Mr. Ronald Ashley thinks the decisions by Mr. Ricketts are all wrong (Fence Post, Nov. 19). He also thinks Barry Rozner has a “poison pen and did everything he could to ...
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New party could solve our problemsDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - After the supercommittee’s inability to reach compromise regarding trimming the budget and revising taxes, it’s time to junk both political parties. Let’s start two new ...
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Keep fighting for campaign reformsDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - Your editorial “We all have an obligation as voters” (Nov. 27) was right on the money. We had better wake up to what is going on at all levels of government and start ho...