Barrington Hills Opinion
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Salaries, pensions strap universitiesMar 21, 2012 5:00 am - In a Fence Post letter of March 5, a University of Illinois-Chicago official, Mr. Mark Rosati, attempted to justify tuition increases at the College of Medicine. He stat...
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Sports bras sign of professionalismMar 20, 2012 5:24 am - Anyone who has ever run a race understands the difficulties involved in a sport like track and field. It takes serious dedication to train every day and push your body p...
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Campaign tactic just increases racismMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - It was very disturbing to receive an email with a link to President Obama on YouTube announcing a website for African-Americans for Obama. Anyone of another ethnicity wo...
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Contraception issue masks Obama’s faultsMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - An ad hoc Democratic committee was formed just to invite Sandra Fluke to testify about the narrow issue of contraception and not the broad issue of the federal governmen...
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Accept Obama’s apology on Quran burningMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - The incident of five American soldiers burning the Holy Quran in Afghanistan was deplorable, but still does not justify killing of U.S. soldiers. As a Muslim-American wh...
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Higher standards for MPG will pay offMar 19, 2012 5:00 am - If you are fuming about having to shell out your hard-earned cash for Memorial Day gas prices in March, you are not alone. The hard truth: Prices at the pump are not get...
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It’s not about hate, it’s about controlMar 19, 2012 5:00 am - Kathleen Parker said in her column of March 5 that Rush Limbaugh may “have given his ‘feminazis’ justification for their claims that conservatives hate women.” I don’t t...
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Civic education vital for our youthMar 19, 2012 5:00 am - In Jim Slusher’s “Voting is ‘Plan Only,’ and we have duty to help,” he quotes a reader who says the “solution (to problems in local government) is greater citizen involv...
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Bar associations rate candidates for judgeMar 18, 2012 10:00 pm - The judicial contests Cook County voters will decide March 20 include races for the 1st District Illinois Supreme Court, for six vacancies in the 1st District appellate ...
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Harsh words spewed from both right, leftMar 17, 2012 5:00 am - The recent letter by Chris Peterson blasting Rush Limbaugh can be unevenly matched with multiple left-leaning personalities who are far less successful than Mr. Limbaugh...