Deerfield Opinion
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Obama should take action on gas pricesMar 23, 2012 5:00 am - It is obvious that this administration either doesn’t have a clue what do about the escalating gas prices or just don’t have the political will to act. Since President O...
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Furlough legislation not strong enoughMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - Your editorial in the March 11 edition that discussed the reduction of pay for state legislators was misleading. The pay reduction comments were most likely grounded in ...
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Free birth control for poor neededMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - I applaud President Barack Obama for facing the need for birth control. Single-parent homes are unable to support a family. Welfare and food stamps are a strain on the f...
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Reduce the rate of global warmingMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - I think most of us will agree that our earth is surrounded by a thin fragile atmosphere which we live and breath in. It has a finite amount of volume and is similar to a...
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Little choice, but some options, on golf courseMar 21, 2012 11:34 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District Board finds itself in a political sand trap over its decision not to build a golf course at the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve. T...
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Salaries, pensions strap universitiesMar 21, 2012 5:00 am - In a Fence Post letter of March 5, a University of Illinois-Chicago official, Mr. Mark Rosati, attempted to justify tuition increases at the College of Medicine. He stat...
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Campaign tactic just increases racismMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - It was very disturbing to receive an email with a link to President Obama on YouTube announcing a website for African-Americans for Obama. Anyone of another ethnicity wo...
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Contraception issue masks Obama’s faultsMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - An ad hoc Democratic committee was formed just to invite Sandra Fluke to testify about the narrow issue of contraception and not the broad issue of the federal governmen...
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Accept Obama’s apology on Quran burningMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - The incident of five American soldiers burning the Holy Quran in Afghanistan was deplorable, but still does not justify killing of U.S. soldiers. As a Muslim-American wh...
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Higher standards for MPG will pay offMar 19, 2012 5:00 am - If you are fuming about having to shell out your hard-earned cash for Memorial Day gas prices in March, you are not alone. The hard truth: Prices at the pump are not get...