Campton Hills Opinion
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Don’t simply stiff the pensionersMay 12, 2013 4:40 am - Don’t simply stiff the pensioners I was disappointed in Professor Reynolds’ “analysis” in her column “Pension reform and the constitution.” She argues that the legi...
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Sanity has to enter pension debateMay 07, 2013 4:40 am - Sanity has to enter pension debate Thank you for the pension forum you hosted at Harper College. Your report stated that there were rational thoughts offered by bot...
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What kind of religion is this?May 07, 2013 4:40 am - What kind of religion is this? When watching the video of the mother of the two Boston bombing suspects, I couldn’t believe my ears when she said the scene of the b...
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The SoapboxMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - Preckwinkle warms to our suburbs: On Tuesday, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle attended a luncheon in Palatine to speak to Northwest suburban business leader...
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Going in circles on pension reformMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - A couple of weeks ago, a male robin staked out his territory and started to attack my house as he saw his reflection in my windows, perceiving it as another robin encroa...
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Editorial: Teaching languages is serious businessMay 01, 2013 5:00 am - An old joke told in Europe goes like this: Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages? A: Bilingual. Q: What do you call a person who speaks many languages? A...
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Newspapering hardly deserves its ‘worst’ labelApr 28, 2013 5:00 am - I knew it was bad, but I didn’t think it was the worst. I’m referring, of course, to the survey in Careercast.com that ranks newspaper reporters, and implicitly everyone...
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Batavia HS plan seems extravagantApr 25, 2013 4:00 am - I am writing to express my dismay at the proposed long-term plan for the Batavia High School athletic field. I hope the school board will look very critically at the iss...
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Unimpressed with town hall meetingApr 21, 2013 4:40 am - Unimpressed with town hall meeting At a town-hall meeting sponsored by State Sen. Jim Oberweis, the discussion topic was to be pension reform. After a few brief rem...
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In league with ‘Axis of Evil?’Apr 21, 2013 4:40 am - In league with ‘Axis of Evil?’ Am I the only one who finds irony in the fact that only three nations voted against the UN Arms Trade Treaty — Iran, Syria and North ...