Gilberts Opinion
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H1N1 debacle shows feds can't run health careNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Congressman Foster, you like to refer to yourself as a man with a scientific background. That implies that you have trained your observation powers to base your decision...
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Aurora, beware of budget promisesNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - After I got home from another Aurora City Council meeting and kissed my daughters goodnight, I thought, "What just happened tonight?" and sighed. The first issue that wa...
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Renz fundraiser a community effortNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to thank the many people and businesses that supported the Renz Addiction Counseling Center's Epicurean Delight fundraiser Oct. 17. The event raised over $...
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Golf winnings could feed manyNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Our great country is really in bad shape due to the recession. Millions of people out of work; children are hungry in our nation. The economy is practically in a depress...
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Skiler's plight shows need for health care fixNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I was extremely moved when I read the article on little Skiler Wright who was injured in a freak car accident which added to the medical challenges this child has had si...
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Blame providers, not insurersNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - President Obama's repeated attacks on the health insurance companies are always Page 1. The Oct. 26 story reveals the meager profits of these companies is buried inside ...
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Social Security must be addressedNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - On Oct. 21, the Daily Herald printed a column by Froma Harrop titled "Resist the urge to tinker with Social Security." She discussed the current funding situation of Soc...
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Congress should reap what it sowsNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - The renowned author Jared Diamond was once asked his opinion regarding the future of the USA. Diamond wrote the book, "Guns, Germs and Steel." The book, a very good read...
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History fair brought old Elgin aliveNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently one could find at the Pavilion in Lords Park a sense of what Elgin was like in the late 1800s. The Elgin History Fair, first designed for the city's sesquicente...
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Dangers in our prisons?Nov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - I am writing in regard to an article written by Joseph Ryan in the Oct. 21 edition of the Daily Herald where he quoted George DeTella, a former assistant director of the...