Deerfield Opinion
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Give our children a secure futureDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - I am lucky to be of an age to be covered by Medicare. Many of my peers and I are very willing to support cost effective procedures, rethink end of life care, and accept ...
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Maybe speech isn't quite free anymoreDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - George Orwell nailed it 61 years ago when he published "1984." Big Brother's Thought Police in his nightmarish Oceania are alive, well, and gaining power. Incredibly, a ...
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Community service builds better peopleDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Teens spend the majority of their time and resources on themselves. From sunup to sundown, high school students are all about themselves and making sure they are popular...
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Non-theism makes our democracy workDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Matthew Lowry has it exactly right in his Oct. 16 letter defending the American value of non-theism. What made the United States of America truly revolutionary was that ...
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Obama bigger threat than Osama ever wasDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Once upon a time, there was a coward named Osama Bin Laden who said he would bring down this great nation by destroying its economy. I believe he is no longer a danger. ...
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Money might not talk, but it definitely oinksDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Show me a man who is willing to take $17 million from a company so that he can run the show, and I'll show you a pig. Show me a company, no matter what size it is, that...
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Health care 'reform' might kill AmericaDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - The passage of the health care bill in the House goes against every true patriotic American principle and value of our great country. While people realize that health ca...
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Double standard favors illegal immigrantsDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to comment on two articles on the same page - Daily Herald, Nov. 21, Page 3. First the teenager who was sentenced to 4½ years in prison and the second artic...
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Get the facts before sending hate mailDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - This letter is to the gentleman who keeps sending me anonymous hate letters regarding my editorials. No, I am not a Muslim. In fact I an a Protestant. Perhaps if you sen...
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Big government is a bad ideaDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - After reading Brandon Perlow's letter today I said to myself, that's it. I've had it! I don't know how far the London School of Economics is from the University of East ...