Glenview Opinion
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Some of the best are already seatedOct 02, 2010 11:00 pm - These are the times that try men's souls. In these dire economic times we the people are disillusioned and angry. It is surprising to see how rapidly a panic will someti...
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Cell phone manners deflect a donationOct 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Last Saturday I stopped to do my weekly grocery shopping, and poised at the entrance was a volunteer collecting for a charitable organization. This is a common occurrenc...
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GOP 'Pledge' didn't go far enoughOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm a conservative Republican, and I think that the Pledge to America that was written by Republican congressional leaders isn't good enough. It only includes U.S. Hous...
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Admit 'trickle-down' theory hasn't workedOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I find mildly amusing the recent editorials that complain there is too much "Bush bashing" in current politics. These editorials typically advocate a return to more of t...
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Shed a tear over immigration processOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, I heard two different perspectives on immigration. First, I listened to the story of two women who escaped from Communist Europe during the 1960s and waited in...
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Think about your political silenceOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - If you are upset about current goings-on in Washington, D. C., whether "conservative" or "liberal," or somewhere in between and you have not voiced your concern to your ...
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Illinois at brink of disasterOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - It is far worse than you think. Illinois is totally bankrupt. Our state has more debt per capita than any other state in the union. We are on a par with Greece and the T...
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A little Dickens in reverseOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A very unusual thing happened to me recently. We all remember Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" where Scrooge is a miserly self-centered man with no concern for the less-fort...
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Find candidates who favor gun rightsOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Second Amendment rights There are three potential candidates on the Democratic side possibly running for mayor of the city of Chicago. They are Forrest Claypool, Tom Dar...
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Our flag deserves much more respectOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - American people, my question is: Why do we as Americans always have to be tolerant of everyone? Our flag is being burned, walked on and ripped to shreds not just in oth...