Deerfield Opinion
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Founding Fathers weren’t mostly deistsFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - One or two recent letters about the Constitution and Christianity contain a few falsehoods. One stated many of the Founding Fathers were “Unitarians and deists and not C...
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World would be lost without booksFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Your recent front-page story (“E-books vs. suburban bookstores,” Jan. 15) was a sad observation of how today’s society embraces every technological breakthrough — ...
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Leaders will pay at next electionFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Frankly, this is the last draw. All the House and Senate of the state of Illinois know the people of Illinois want transparency, yet they raise taxes by an astounding 67...
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Democrats caused it and now won’t fix itFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - Taking their lead from the national Democratic legislators, the Democrat-controlled Illinois state legislature passed major tax legislation in the middle of the night du...
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Funding for mental health is lackingFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - It is not the voicing of strong opinions that leads people to act out as some politicians have suggested. It would be a shame if this became a political tool when either...
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Lawmakers don’t understand real lifeFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - The recently released Education Week Research Report assigned grades to all fifty states education performance; Illinois received an overall score of 73 and ranked 40th ...
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Points the tea party would agree withFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - I'm not currently a member of the tea party; I'm not even sure there is a place to go online or in person to sign up. I do, however, agree with their thinking regarding ...
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Excessive salaries still plague countyFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - I'm writing about an article that appeared Jan. 14. I hope I'm not the only one questioning the amounts that Maria Pappas is paying two workers — Emanuel Hatzisavas, dri...
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Civility ends with rash responsesFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - Steven Covey describes a situation where a man on a bus is letting his children run rampant and the other passengers are getting very angry. Finally one starts to tell h...
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Death penalty has no place in IllinoisJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - I agree with Louis Clarizio Jr. of Schaumburg (Fence Post, Jan. 15) that the process is the problem with the death penalty, even though I think it’s time for Illinois to...