Diamond Lake Opinion
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Partnerships can solve two problemsJun 27, 2012 6:22 pm - First problem: At least half of the families on welfare in our country have been on welfare for generations. Many of these people are stuck in the cycle of welfare and e...
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Editorial: New approach, new hope in heroin fightJun 26, 2012 7:32 am - Despite the best efforts of community leaders and government agencies across the suburbs to battle heroin, it has proved to be a resilient and dangerous opponent. But no...
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Holder fails to learn from mistakesJun 26, 2012 5:00 am - With President Obama’s claim of executive privilege, the administration’s Fast and Furious fiasco has now become big news. It has been referred to as the most shameful, ...
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Editorial: A new approach to train for manufacturing jobsJun 25, 2012 6:00 am - Regular readers of our Opinion Page commentaries know that we long have been impressed by Harper College President Kenneth Ender’s energizing call for an integrated appr...
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Editorial: The value of discretion in traffic controlJun 20, 2012 5:00 am - Set aside for a moment the question of whether Aurora needs to crack down on vehicles in town with heavily tinted windows. The safety of police officers, not to mention ...
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Editorial: Relay for Life a worthy investmentJun 12, 2012 5:00 am - Perhaps you were one of 765 participants at Barrington High School last weekend. Or one of the 26 teams at Hersey High School. Or perhaps you are planning to show up at ...
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Reject lawmakers who backed tax increaseMay 26, 2012 5:00 am - This year, when Illinois voters decide whom they’ll support for the state legislature, I hope all of them will remember what happened in January 2011. Gov. Quinn said t...
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A root beer float with meaningMay 25, 2012 3:04 pm - We met on the afternoon of Sept. 15, 1968. We were both 19-year old Marines who were part of a battalion-size operation in the hills of South Vietnam near the DMZ. I don...
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Congratulations, Harper track teamMay 25, 2012 10:38 am - The Bears are gone, the Blackhawks are gone, the Bulls are gone. The Cubs and Sox ... mmmm, what can I say? So thank you Harper track team; because of you we have a mira...
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Obama, Emanuel are all talkMay 25, 2012 5:00 am - Mr. Obama has railed on for months about the inequities in our society and he termed this the 99 percent versus the 1 percent. Once again this man that ran on a platform...