Deerfield Opinion
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Tighten belts in the BeltwayFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - I firmly agree we need a freeze on government spending. I think this should include no salary increases for the elected people we send to Washington. I live on a budget,...
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We cannot ignore pain of abortionFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - In Susan Estrich's recent article about the Tebow Super Bowl ad she tells readers she might "go to the bathroom during the ad or make popcorn." After reading the article...
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Brown's election not end of health planFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - If any of you are still jumping for joy with the election of Scott Brown to the Senate, and expecting the bunch of clowns to cave in on the health care fiasco, forget it...
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Instead of criticizing look at the positiveFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - It is no secret that I am not an admirer of many policies and activities of the current Congress and administration. But I think they and the agencies supplying aid to H...
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Now they're after retirement savingsFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - And now we wake up to find that the 0bama administration and the secretaries of Labor and Treasury are making plans to force all IRA owners and 401(k) participants to in...
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Plan could leave retirees out in coldFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - On Christmas Eve the U.S. Senate slid through its own version of the health are reform bill. The bill fails to protect the earned post-retirement health care benefits of...
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High court decision empowers the richFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - The Supreme Court has spoken! Rich people are entitled to more freedom than poor people. One dollar, one vote. Thomas C. Curtis Rolling Meadows ...
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Death penalty an effective deterrentFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - The Hammurabi Code of ancient Mesopotamia called for a death sentence for all manner of crimes. Why shouldn't it be effective today? The death penalty could be the only ...
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Want to see a bully? Look in the mirrorFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Our government spends more (borrowed) money on its military forces than the rest of the world combined. We maintain hundreds of military bases placed all over the world,...
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Stop using private armiesFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - A national coalition of groups opposed to Blackwater, now called Xe, have called on Congress to investigate the U.S. Justice Department's handling of the criminal case a...