Barrington Hills Opinion
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Spending cuts must be well thought outJul 06, 2011 1:00 am - Economics, especially with respect to government, can be very confusing. We hear so much from right-wing pundits and the tea party that the debt ceiling should not be ra...
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An idea to promote goodness in peopleJul 06, 2011 1:00 am - Could we plan to have one day of goodness in the world? All people are born with the ability to do good. Almost all people want to do good. And many people do good. Can ...
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Religion infringes on a civil rightJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - As Mr. Emmit Lehman’s June 17 rebuttal of my letter using most of his space to not once, but five times publicly question my political intent, nowhere in my letter or in...
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Lake County casino would need special safeguardsJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - The bill to significantly expand gambling in Illinois has been criticized for many reasons, but it was one aspect of the plan that drew the ire of anti-gambling activist...
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Shootings show failure of justice systemJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - Last night, I saw a TV interview of a mom on the Chicago South Side after her 7-year-old daughter had been shot and wounded in the leg. The mom said “I’m OK because she’...
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Pension system breeds excessJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - Most of us are fully aware that many government employees do not collect Social Security. However many do. Every government employee who chooses to work in the private s...
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Politics trumps national securityJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - On Friday, June 24, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the Obama administration’s agreement with the International Energy Agency to put 60 million barrels...
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Village’s lake needs attentionJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - Thank you, Daily Herald, for your recent comment on our village’s legal fees. As I asked months ago, what is the price of being right? Sadly we now know. In a recent bud...
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What’s a fair wage for a good teacher?Jul 06, 2011 12:00 am - On Sunday, the Daily Herald published the results of a study that staff writer Larissa Chinwah undertook examining the salaries of the 14,217 public school teachers empl...
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Passionate teachers earned pensionsJul 05, 2011 9:00 pm - I don’t know you, Mr. Jim Marks (Suburban teachers have it too good 6-21-11), but it sounds to me that you have a bad case of “sour grapes.” I entered education over 50...