Barrington Hills Opinion
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Weather shows need to stop pollutionAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Climate change is causing all kinds of weird weather in Chicago. It currently feels more like spring than summer, with the cold snaps and rain. All through the bitterly ...
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Stimulus roads lead to nowherAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Two concepts are bound to hit a dead end. First, let's take the case of the stimulus money going into road construction. The jobs created by this effort are going to end...
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Market hasn't worked with health careAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - There has been a good deal of discussion about whether we need a public option to provide real competition to private insurance companies. For more than thirty years I w...
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Ban cell phones while drivingAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Today, my husband and his best friend went for a ride on their motorcycles. It was a perfect summer day for a ride. While riding through Skokie, a car driver nearly caus...
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Don't be fooled by co-op optionAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - The big media eye-catching announcement on Monday, Aug. 17, was how Obama is backing off the public option as part of a new health care system in a bow to political real...
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Work for consensus on health care planAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Our government's approach to health care reform appears similar to the knee-jerk reactions that resulted in the Iraq war and the stimulus packages. Both were done in has...
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Passing bill means paying for abortionsAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - There is a lot of talk about "spreading false information" regarding the health care bills. That is disingenuous. The reality is that if we don't speak up BEFORE the vot...
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Constitution should be the only agendaAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - With lightning speed our national leaders are abandoning the fundamental principles upon which the United States was founded. I question whether most presidents, congres...
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Applaud gay couple announcementAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read the letter from Sue A Smith of Bloomingdale, and it mad me mad. I, too, saw the announcement of the two men who had exchanged vows in the Celebrate section o...
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Free speech is not a right to interruptAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I was in 5th grade back in 1944. My teacher was a wonderful older woman who was a great teacher and communicator. One day there was an altercation in the classroom. She ...