Burlington Opinion
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When purging Paula, don’t forget ‘rap’Jul 03, 2013 4:40 am - When purging Paula, don’t forget ‘rap’ To hypocritic merchandisers: When you removed all the products off your shelves that were associated with Paula Deen, I certa...
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Why give voice to unconventional views?Jun 30, 2013 5:00 am - The topic hasn’t come up lately, but I’m presuming we would not profile someone trying to sell far and wide the theory that the Holocaust did not exist. There are those ...
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No salaries for pols until state solventJun 27, 2013 4:40 am - No salaries for pols until state solvent While you were sleeping, retired teacher Beverly Lopatka walked away with a retirement of almost $400,000 and is now spendi...
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Editorial: Finding lessons in a bureaucratic foul-upJun 25, 2013 8:16 am - There is something instructive in the fix in which Kane County finds itself over more than 1,000 DUI convictions that were not properly reported to state authorities. Pr...
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Best government money can buyJun 25, 2013 4:40 am - Best government money can buy Instead of cutting education, food safety inspections, law enforcement, food stamps and meals on wheels why doesn’t Congress close the...
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The SoapboxJun 22, 2013 2:24 pm - Death-and-taxes conundrum: In an ashtray-half-full/half-empty way, the state of Illinois this week lamented making $138 million less than expected on the $1-a-pack cigar...
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The SoapboxJun 22, 2013 5:00 am - The Great Debate: It’s fun to hear fans debate whether the 2013 Blackhawks season was more impressive than the 1985 Chicago Bears, or the 72-win season by Michael Jorda...
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Why shouldn’t gvmt. listen to your calls?Jun 17, 2013 4:40 am - Why shouldn’t gvmt. listen to your calls? Unbelievable, we have close to 3,000 people murdered in a single day, more than were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor,...
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There you go; have a good oneJun 14, 2013 4:40 am - There you go; have a good one Another summer, another bumper crop of students working the cash registers. They are ambitious, no doubt, but for the last few years v...
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Two versions of ChristianityJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - Well, once again the Boy Scouts have stuck their foot in it. In trying to please all, they have only pleased none but themselves. Allowing gay boys and not gay Scout lea...