Barrington Opinion
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Plan could leave retirees out in coldFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - On Christmas Eve the U.S. Senate slid through its own version of the health are reform bill. The bill fails to protect the earned post-retirement health care benefits of...
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Regarding Obama, Buffett puts it bestFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Having listened to the State of the Union address, I am reminded of a song from Jimmy Buffett called "You'll Never Work in This Business Again." As far as I am concerned...
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Improve care and spend less moneyFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Last year's deep cuts in state funding for mental health services, coupled with similar cuts the previous year have devastated Illinois' already weak mental health syste...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Cut it out: Some readers may have responded to Friday's story about allegations of hazing by wrestlers at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake with a shrug o...
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Health care plan backed by elitistsFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Politicians, both Republicans and Democrats, have long taken "We the People" for granted. An elitist mentality presupposes that we are incapable of understanding key iss...
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Why unemployment is not getting betterFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Here are a few statistics that should scare all of us. According to a recent poll, 78 percent of business leaders believe that President Obama is anti-business and 81 pe...
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Counties, lawmakers must protect secret ballotFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - It's your right to vote. And it's your right to hold back a vote. Most importantly, it's your right to protect the privacy of your vote. However, a new law puts that pr...
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Obama needs to take responsibilityFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Is our president really smart? Doesn't he know that people like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd were responsible for creating the subprime market and forcing banks to make b...
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Check out the GOP health care planFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Who said Republicans do not have a health care proposal? I just wish your newspaper would print the truth instead of lies out of Washington. Here is the link: gop.gov/so...
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Stand with Obama to restore economyFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - I'm writing in support of the president's plan to rebuild our nation's economy. His State of the Union address on last week highlighted several ways in which it could be...