Hanover Park Opinion
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Unions’ success is their failureMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Occasionally, something good comes out of a bad experience. For example, our severe economic recession has prompted close examination of aims, policies, and practices in...
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Preserve right to join union ... or notMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - There have been several editorials lately on the topic of unionization of the workforce. I believe these seem to skip a couple of very important points as they try defen...
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Half the nation wants to bleed it dryMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - Last week, on my way to Ames, Iowa, to pick up my kids from college, I was struck by a revelation. In December 2008, a month after Barack Obama’s election, the price of ...
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Even in bad weather, Lombard loves paradeMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - I love a parade. At starting time of the annual Lilac Parade on Sunday, the temperature was 46 degrees with winds of 30 miles per hour and a light mist. It was probably ...
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Planned Parenthood’s numbers deceptiveMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - After reading Jim Slusher’s thoughtful explanation about why the Herald’s editors allow Fence Post writers to publish their opinions in spite of the reality that some wr...
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Quinn should stop corporate blackmailMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - First Caterpillar threatens to leave our state and Gov. Quinn was right there with cash to make them stay. Then Motorola gets $100 million to stay in the state. Now Sear...
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A question from a pantywaist liberalMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - I suppose we pantywaist liberals have Robert Graham (May 11 Fence Post) to thank for enlightening us on how real men squeeze information out of hostile al-Qaida operativ...
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GOP abortion stance won’t help economyMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - There were 251 “ayes” in the U.S. House of Representatives when HR 3 came up for a recent vote. All the Republicans, including Roskam, Biggert and Hultgren and 16 Democr...
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Fast train to Detroit a waste of fundsMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - The Herald reports that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announces that $404 million has been allocated by the federal government to go “toward increasing (train) spe...
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Why are these people still on the job?May 16, 2011 12:00 am - The late Phil Pagano embezzled $3 million, while the Metra board overseeing him gave him accolades and pay raises. Frank Raines ran Fannie May into the ground. He got a ...