Deerfield Opinion
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It’s the citizens who know bestApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - I am responding to the March 27 letter by Robert Parker. His ideas reflect the wisdom he has found after living 79 years on the planet. He outlined a seven-point plan to...
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Finally, some peace from the robocallsApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - The annoying phone calls finally stopped. They called all hours of the day, wanting you to vote for their candidate. You can’t tell them to stop calling because there is...
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Endorsements show paper’s true colorsApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - Once again your newspaper disappoints with regard to your most recent endorsements. How you can claim to be centrist while endorsing Jan Schakowsky and Tammy Duckworth g...
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Press, journalists on progressives’ sideApr 04, 2012 5:00 am - Where are all the alarmists? Oh yeah, they all went to Florida. Murder statistics click up every month in Chicago, but the professional alarmists need to get down to whe...
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Act quickly on insurance exchangesApr 04, 2012 5:00 am - The time is now for the General Assembly to develop a plan to implement the 2010 federal health care reform law in Illinois. Each state should implement its own plan. Il...
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Show that you care about our airApr 03, 2012 5:00 am - Science and research proved decades ago that pollution ingested in humans and animals causes a myriad of medical disorders and diseases that can be prevented by changing...
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Don’t charge us to enter our state parksApr 03, 2012 5:00 am - How dare the Illinois House of Representatives overwhelmingly vote to propose a charge of $25 to enjoy our free state parks. I hope the Illinois Senate is smart enough t...
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Affordable Health Care Act and womenApr 02, 2012 5:43 am - Recently, GOP Budget Chairman Paul Ryan launched another attempt to end Medicare. Paul Ryan’s new Republican budget will replace the Medicare guarantee with vouchers for...
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Catholic Church never accepted abortionApr 02, 2012 5:00 am - Mr. Robert Harrison wrote “A second look needed at contraception,” a letter published on March 24. His claimed facts are not only inaccurate, but demonstrate something o...
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Sad that we need a ‘repealer’ officeApr 02, 2012 5:00 am - State Sen. Kirk Dillard’s proposal to create a new state Office of the Repealer is a noble but truly sad indictment of our government. Shouldn’t we expect our leaders to...