Buffalo Grove Opinion
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Give television a rest from realityJan 28, 2012 5:04 am - While growing up, many of us had only three TV networks and a number of local channels sprinkled in for variety. With the advent of cable there was much excitement. At f...
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County making some costly mistakesJan 28, 2012 5:04 am - The practices instigated by our Cook County officials are increasingly derelict. To balance the budget, rather than cutting more of the huge existing waste, we have Prec...
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The SoapboxJan 28, 2012 4:00 am - Small steps matter Angered that insurance wouldn’t cover a $3,200 genetic test, breast cancer survivor Sharon Hower of Itasca did more than get angry. She started a nonp...
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Insure young athletes who are injuredJan 27, 2012 4:00 am - Rocky Clark’s death offers a day of reckoning for justice: Didn’t he as a paralyzed high school athlete teach us? Didn’t Rocky, who played for a South suburban high scho...
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Cohen makes sense on free speechJan 27, 2012 4:00 am - Once again I need to congratulate one of my favorite columnists, Richard Cohen. I seldom fail to read his contributions, and I am always comforted by his reasonable voic...
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There’s greatness in serving countryJan 27, 2012 4:00 am - I need to comment on Muhammad Ali, who turned 70 this January. We always hear and read of his greatness. He gets all these awards, and people flock to see him. I wonder...
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Mother Earth needs our careJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - Recently reported in the news, the Doomsday Clock has been moved up to five minutes to midnight due to a growing rise in nuclear threats and an inability to deal with cl...
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Shouldn’t be a strain to use the right wordJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - In the Jan. 13-15 edition of USA Weekend, the article titled “Stress” by Sharon Jayson leads one to believe that stress and its companion word, strain, are some kind of ...
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Thank you for saving ChristmasJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - Every day we experience the harshness of the world around us and seldom are reminded of the miracles that feed the human spirit. As many of you know on Dec. 14 the facil...
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Fault students for ignoring fine printJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - How is it that Westwood College is to be blamed for students either not reading, or if reading not understanding, what the contents of a disclosure form mean? Westwood’s...