Burlington Opinion
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Impeached for caring for cronies?Nov 08, 2015 4:55 am - How many more hostages will fall prey to Governor Rauner's demands before an agreement is negotiated on the budget? Besides seniors, the disabled and low-wage workers be...
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Where was GOP after Sept. 11?Nov 02, 2015 12:00 am - I find it fascinating that the Republicans are conducting a witch hunt on Hillary for failing to protect the four Americans killed in Benghazi alleging that she delibera...
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Don't like cars? Just ban them.Nov 01, 2015 12:00 am - As I understand it, the anti-gun crowd does not want to own a firearm so they believe that if there is something they don't like then it should be banned. Well, I don't ...
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Enough with the Benghazi charadeOct 22, 2015 12:00 am - Two Republicans have now publicly admitted that the current Senate investigation is a deliberate attempt to undermine Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign. With the h...
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Financial literacy a critical college curriculumOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - In Elgin Community College's Game of Life, students move from station to station selecting a career, paying taxes and student loan payments, housing and transportation c...
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Concealed carry needed at schoolsOct 18, 2015 12:00 am - Gun-free School Zone Act is a federal U.S. law "that prohibits any unauthorized individual from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows or ha...
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Leave behind PACs for homeless sheltersOct 14, 2015 12:00 am - Recently, I had occasion to visit Las Vegas for a sporting event. The thing that left the biggest impression was not the hotels, not the night life, not the scenery at n...
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Editorial: Intervention a key component in campus protectionsOct 07, 2015 11:00 pm - A day after the shootings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon last week, Elgin Community College officials announced ECC had become the first college in the suburbs to...
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Real Americans want the facts about IRSOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - After reading Judson Philips' article in the Sept. 11 paper about how the IRS does its job in 2014, I would like to know the facts on how many tax cheats did they catch ...
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If you're not angry, old and white ...Sep 30, 2015 12:00 am - Donald Trump is threatening to sue the conservative Club for Growth for running TV ads using his own words to criticize him as a "liberal" politician. How ironic is it f...