Deerfield Opinion
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Who’s representing the common folk?Apr 23, 2011 12:00 am - I have not written to Fence Post in a very long time but decided that this issue was too important for me to remain mute. I have watched the news coverage of Mr. Quinn, ...
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Bar social agendas from budget debateApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - If the ongoing federal “budget” debate is really all about fiscal responsibility and not social issues and oil, House and Senate members on both sides of the aisle shoul...
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GOP cuts focus only on short termApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Caustic broadcaster Sean Hannity rejected the idea that Republican spending has anything to do with our current debt and deficit in a recently televised spat with Rep. A...
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Avalanche of charity requests does no goodApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Since late December I have received 117 mailed requests for donations from 43 charities. Many of these include several pages of heartwarming stories and all sorts of pre...
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Obama has started a long ‘odyssey’Apr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Does anyone appreciate the irony that Barack Obama launched his 2012 campaign exactly on the eighth anniversary of “Operation Iraqi Freedom?” When we were kids we’d ofte...
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Not always innocent until proven guiltyApr 21, 2011 12:00 am - “Innocent until proven guilty” is the thing that separates the American justice system from the rest of the world. The City of Elgin is collecting a bounty of $500 on pe...
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Insurance costs weighing on retireesApr 21, 2011 12:00 am - This is a rebuttal to Cathy McQuillan’s Fence Post letter. I did get the facts straight. I received the information from the governor’s office. After your letter I calle...
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Religion doesn’t belong in schoolsApr 21, 2011 12:00 am - This is in response to a March 29 letter by John Boelens, who seems to believe that creationism is fact and should be taught in school equally with the theory of evoluti...
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No barrier will stop Asian carpApr 21, 2011 12:00 am - State and federal politicians, federal and state agencies, and various interest groups including environmental organizations that should know better are calling for a pe...
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Health care law keeps insurers in checkApr 21, 2011 12:00 am - Before I get to the gist of my letter, let me make clear that I have wanted to pay for my health insurance for the entire seven years I’ve been working in Illinois, but ...