Deerfield Opinion
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Illinois at brink of disasterOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - It is far worse than you think. Illinois is totally bankrupt. Our state has more debt per capita than any other state in the union. We are on a par with Greece and the T...
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A little Dickens in reverseOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A very unusual thing happened to me recently. We all remember Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" where Scrooge is a miserly self-centered man with no concern for the less-fort...
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Find candidates who favor gun rightsOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Second Amendment rights There are three potential candidates on the Democratic side possibly running for mayor of the city of Chicago. They are Forrest Claypool, Tom Dar...
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Our flag deserves much more respectOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - American people, my question is: Why do we as Americans always have to be tolerant of everyone? Our flag is being burned, walked on and ripped to shreds not just in oth...
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Not Rauschenberger's seat to reclaimSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I strongly object to the wording in Kerry Lester's article, in the Sept. 23 issue, about Steve Rauschenberger. Lester refers to Rauschenberger's bid to, "reclaim his old...
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Death penalty no deterrent to murderSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I couldn't agree more with your Sept. 27 editorial. A moratorium on executions "is not the final answer." The only final answer that makes public policy sense is to abo...
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Munson will guard your pocketbookSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Ruth Munson is the logical choice for state representative. Ruth has walked the walk from her years on Elgin's city council through her years as state representative tak...
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Don't expect quick fixes to economySep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - How convenient it is for Donald Anderson (Fence Post, Sept. 24) to use figures from the last 10 years to show that George Bush was nothing short of spectacular in handli...
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Dold views scary on Social SecuritySep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - As a woman in her forties, I am not too young to be concerned about Social Security. I'm simply not that far away from retirement anymore. And having learned of Republic...
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Pollak has strong family backgroundSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I'd like to encourage voters in the 9th Congressional District to vote for Joel Pollak on Nov. 2. I've attended many of his functions and am convinced he is a person we ...