Deerfield Opinion
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Look closely at what Kirk hasn't done while in officeJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The recent revelations about the circumstances of Mark Kirk's 1976 Lake Michigan rescue cemented his credentials as a serial "misrememberer." And we're all familiar now ...
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Free market won't regulate itself, need common-sense reformJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I can think of no problem that is more important for us to understand than the root cause of the financial meltdown. I have read many Fence Post submissions, including a...
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Soldiers' sacrifices are front-page newsJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, in a very small paragraph, the Daily Herald reported that in less than 12 days, 23 soldiers had lost their lives. I wonder how many were injured and how many c...
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Not shocked by Obama's business policyJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Usually we think of CEOs as sophisticated and data-driven, making tough choices based on hard facts. But CEOs have demonstrated incredible naiveté over the last decade t...
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More work needed to expand gun rightsJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Well it's finally settled. The Second Amendment is as the Founding Fathers wished it to be. Every elected politician swears on the Bible to uphold the Constitution. If t...
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Valley Community Bank not a spider to be squishedJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I went to my bathroom sink the other morning to wash my hands. Simple enough, until I spotted the tiniest of spiders struggling to climb out of the basin. Every time it ...
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Quinn should either step up or step downJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The state of Illinois has a proposed budget of $26 billion and a budget deficit of $13 billion - an ocean of red ink. It is a budget deficit that is 50 percent of the bu...
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Give taxpayers details on salaries paid by school boardJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Thank you for the excellent investigating and reporting on the article "Paid to go away." It seems all levels of government in Illinois are stealing from the taxpayers. ...
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Are reasons to fight parking lot hidden?Jul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I wonder if the July 18 article about community opposition to the expansion of the Des Plaines Islamic Community Center parking lot really covers all sides of the issue....
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Terrorists won't destroy the U.S., we willJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - As a teenager, I vividly remember watching the Cuban missile crisis unfold and the helpless feeling I had that our country was going to be destroyed in a nuclear war. I'...