Hanover Park Opinion
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Church-state law in place to protect usOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - The hypocrisy of letter writer Jim Finnegan (Oct. 11) is truly astounding. Mr. Finnegan, no one is taking away your religious freedom; however, you wish to take away min...
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The SoapboxOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Not paying attention? A 14-year-old brings a BB gun into his locker at Glenbard West High School. An 18-year-old shows off a bullet to classmates at Neuqua Valley. In th...
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Consider lives lost each day to abortionOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - Regarding the heartbreaking story of the psychotic who may be sentenced to 140 years in prison for murdering his ex-wife and their unborn son, I agree with the assistant...
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Don’t try to link pensions, povertyOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - In his Sept. 23 letter to the editor, Bill Loebbaka argues that the $100,000 eliminated from a program to help the poor could easily be replaced “by just eliminating one...
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Tea party doesn’t deserve top billingOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - I think it is a disservice to this country to give “above the fold” coverage to this group of radicals called the tea party. What percentage of the population identifies...
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Too much meddling by governmentOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - No other administration has bashed business more than the Obama administration, and yet it wants them to hire more people. No other administration has saddled business w...
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Gonzalez story did not dig deep enoughOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - As reported in the Oct. 15 Daily Herald, it is true that DuPage County Board member Rita Gonzalez works for two different government entities. However, she works two par...
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Free market system guards against fraudOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - This is in response to Froma Harrop’s op-ed: “Why we need more government in health care.” Ms. Harrop states that home-based services to Medicare are bilking the govern...
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Trade deals will promote job growthOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - Despite the clear economic benefits of trade, almost every story about the recent agreements with Panama, South Korea and Colombia included at least one hard-core oppone...
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Halt Sears tax breakOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - There are more than 21,000 children in District 300, and for the last 23 years they have been figuratively told to sit quietly at the back of the bus while their educati...