Green Oaks Opinion
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The sleeping giant is starting to stirApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - It takes a lot to upset the general American public, but they are upset now. New polling from Rasmussen shows that the folks are very unhappy with the direction of our c...
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Tightening belts would unify countryApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I was talking to my 80-some-year-old mother yesterday, and we began to discuss what life was like in her generation, when money was tight and there weren't all the socia...
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Evidence against Obama piling upApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Barack Obama, in just over one year in office, has managed to publicly criticize and/or embarrass the country he is sworn to lead at least three times. He went to Egypt ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen on Molly, EvanApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - 'Work hard, follow your dream': No one can bring that message home better than people like local Olympians Evan Lysacek and Molly Schaus and, more recently, Glenb...
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Seals has shared his view of health careApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - In her April 4 letter, Pam Larson of Arlington Heights claims that Dan Seals is ducking the issue on health care reform. Just one problem: I saw Dan's statement on the b...
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Pope's message is more of the sameApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - In the wake of Pope Benedict's pastoral letter responding to the clerical sexual abuse in Ireland, it is embarrassing to be Catholic these days. Reports on the global sc...
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Mammograms save lives of womenApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - As president of the Northwest Suburban Regional Leadership Board of the American Cancer Society, I would like respond to an article that appeared in the Daily Herald on ...
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Help lift women, girls out of povertyApr 04, 2010 11:00 pm - As Illinois residents we are often shielded from global poverty-related issues and the suffering they bring. However, a few days ago, I participated in a conference call...
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Saturday SoapboxApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Change in the weather: The harbingers of spring are all around. Swans are back in Schaumburg, along with the winter fish-kill cleanups at suburban ponds. Potholes...
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School cuts and the college boundMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - It's a tough time of year for high school seniors. In the next few weeks, they'll have to finally commit to a college for next fall, taking into account family finances,...