Burlington Opinion
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A manager is not the answerAug 21, 2012 4:40 am - There is a notion out there that what this country really needs as President of the United States is a manager and not a politician. It isn’t so. A manager does not have...
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Why Boy Scouts right to prohibit gaysAug 21, 2012 4:40 am - While I appreciate the heart of James Abbott as expressed in his letter about gays being excluded from the Boy Scouts of America, according to Scripture he is operating ...
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Tax returns are not the storyAug 19, 2012 4:40 am - Again liberal Eugene Robinson is trying to smear Mitt Romney. Romney has released all records required and that should be good enough. If he uses every deduction he is e...
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Of climate change and oilAug 18, 2012 4:40 am - Good science requires that every belief should be held open to honest challenge. Good public policy should be based on the preponderance of evidence. The former suggests...
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Cheap treasuries for infrastructure jobsAug 16, 2012 4:40 am - Foreign countries trust America with their money so much that they continue to invest in our Treasury notes even though the yields are so low. Now is the time for our go...
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Work together to limit climate changeAug 16, 2012 4:40 am - Some like it hot. Some not. I prefer the good old summer days, when regular hot was hot enough. Now James Hansen as well as Bill McKibben have weighed in on climate chan...
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Let’s call them Obama tax cutsAug 16, 2012 4:40 am - Letter writer Tom Minnerick thinks President Bush’s policies gave us a recession. Why then did President Obama extend the Bush tax rates twice? I think the tax rates are...
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Editorial: Turnaround at Lake County Fair encouragingAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - The attendance figures for the 84th annual Lake County Fair, which ended a couple of weeks ago, won’t knock anyone’s socks off. A total of 91,548 visitors, up about 2.8 ...
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Troubled by ECC public safety, truck schoolsAug 14, 2012 4:40 am - The Burlington village board OK’d a conceptual plan for ECC’s vision of a regional public safety and sustainability facility. We the people voted to approve a $178 milli...
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Constitution supports health care actAug 09, 2012 4:40 am - “To promote the general welfare” in our Constitution has a great deal of relevance. Since 1933 we have had Social Security by our government with premiums paid for this ...