Hanover Park Opinion
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Let’s temper the rosy look at ObamaJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - In response to the opinion piece by Donna Brazile the Daily Herald published Jan. 11 claiming Obama is fixing things, I must retort with my own tally of Obama’s performa...
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Think twice before banning boxesJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Collection boxes for the poor have been around for decades. Man-sized receptacles for old shoes and coats and books mostly, a place to drop off what you no longer need a...
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Don’t call these things ‘entitlements’Jan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Social Security and Medicare should be called “earned benefits“ not “entitlement“ programs. Working people pay them from payroll contributions. The word “entitlement” ma...
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Obama runs over ConstitutionJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Last week, President Obama again evidenced his apparent belief that the Constitution no longer matters; or is it that he is somehow above it? It would seem he believes i...
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I have nothing left to cutJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - We were taught to budget — that you can’t spend more than you have. Many of us have lived by that rule, to save and invest for our golden years, only to find that what b...
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Son with Down’s fills us with joyJan 18, 2012 4:00 am - Dear Cal Thomas; I have no idea if you will get this letter, but I wanted to comment. Your description of the life of your brother could have been a description of the l...
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Debate questioners show media’s biasJan 18, 2012 4:00 am - I wonder how many American watching the recent Republican debate questioned why Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos spent a disproportionate amount of time questionin...
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Romney’s words retold out of contextJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - For the past few days we’ve seen endless ads from the Democrats and GOP contenders showing Mitt Romney’s statement, “I like firing people.” None of them showed his next ...
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Innovation needed with cooperationJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - Your Jan. 4 editorial, “Cut, yes, but cooperate and share pain,” makes an important point and it also makes brief mention of something not usually considered in these di...
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Our nation’s people must be unitedJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - We are the same. No matter what religion we may believe in, we are still the same. No matter the political belief, we are still the same. No matter if we are rich or poo...