Elburn Opinion
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Many gave so much so we could liveMay 27, 2013 4:25 am - Many gave so much so we could live It’s time again to remember those who served our country in foreign wars. Those people, men and women, who gave their lives to sh...
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Obama can’t turn things aroundMay 20, 2013 4:40 am - Obama can’t turn things around The article about the Stephanopoulos-Obama ABC News interview explains once again that the president can’t cope realistically with th...
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Just don’t call pension plans ‘fair’May 17, 2013 4:40 am - Just don’t call pension plans ‘fair’ So, the Illinois House has passed one pension reform bill that “solves” the crisis and the Senate is considering another. The D...
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Don’t simply stiff the pensionersMay 12, 2013 4:40 am - Don’t simply stiff the pensioners I was disappointed in Professor Reynolds’ “analysis” in her column “Pension reform and the constitution.” She argues that the legi...
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Sanity has to enter pension debateMay 07, 2013 4:40 am - Sanity has to enter pension debate Thank you for the pension forum you hosted at Harper College. Your report stated that there were rational thoughts offered by bot...
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What kind of religion is this?May 07, 2013 4:40 am - What kind of religion is this? When watching the video of the mother of the two Boston bombing suspects, I couldn’t believe my ears when she said the scene of the b...
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The SoapboxMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - Preckwinkle warms to our suburbs: On Tuesday, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle attended a luncheon in Palatine to speak to Northwest suburban business leader...
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Editorial: Teaching languages is serious businessMay 01, 2013 5:00 am - An old joke told in Europe goes like this: Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages? A: Bilingual. Q: What do you call a person who speaks many languages? A...
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Newspapering hardly deserves its ‘worst’ labelApr 28, 2013 5:00 am - I knew it was bad, but I didn’t think it was the worst. I’m referring, of course, to the survey in Careercast.com that ranks newspaper reporters, and implicitly everyone...
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In league with ‘Axis of Evil?’Apr 21, 2013 4:40 am - In league with ‘Axis of Evil?’ Am I the only one who finds irony in the fact that only three nations voted against the UN Arms Trade Treaty — Iran, Syria and North ...