Glenview Opinion
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The SoapboxJan 28, 2012 4:00 am - Small steps matter Angered that insurance wouldn’t cover a $3,200 genetic test, breast cancer survivor Sharon Hower of Itasca did more than get angry. She started a nonp...
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Insure young athletes who are injuredJan 27, 2012 4:00 am - Rocky Clark’s death offers a day of reckoning for justice: Didn’t he as a paralyzed high school athlete teach us? Didn’t Rocky, who played for a South suburban high scho...
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Cohen makes sense on free speechJan 27, 2012 4:00 am - Once again I need to congratulate one of my favorite columnists, Richard Cohen. I seldom fail to read his contributions, and I am always comforted by his reasonable voic...
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There’s greatness in serving countryJan 27, 2012 4:00 am - I need to comment on Muhammad Ali, who turned 70 this January. We always hear and read of his greatness. He gets all these awards, and people flock to see him. I wonder...
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Mother Earth needs our careJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - Recently reported in the news, the Doomsday Clock has been moved up to five minutes to midnight due to a growing rise in nuclear threats and an inability to deal with cl...
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Shouldn’t be a strain to use the right wordJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - In the Jan. 13-15 edition of USA Weekend, the article titled “Stress” by Sharon Jayson leads one to believe that stress and its companion word, strain, are some kind of ...
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Thank you for saving ChristmasJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - Every day we experience the harshness of the world around us and seldom are reminded of the miracles that feed the human spirit. As many of you know on Dec. 14 the facil...
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Fault students for ignoring fine printJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - How is it that Westwood College is to be blamed for students either not reading, or if reading not understanding, what the contents of a disclosure form mean? Westwood’s...
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Shoveling walk is a neighborly actJan 25, 2012 5:00 am - If you own a house, you may have a public sidewalk on property that you share with your village or city. Chances are people use that sidewalk. Some of those folks may be...
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Live better with $1.92 more?Jan 25, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn sure pat himself on the back in signing a bill increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit in which the average family will keep about $100 more per year. Tha...