Inverness Opinion
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Reasons the education system is brokenAug 05, 2011 3:00 am - The cheating scandal in Atlanta is a perfect example of why the schools will never have enough money. The teachers, principals and superintendents who broke the law coul...
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More casinos would create more addictsAug 05, 2011 3:00 am - I hope Gov. Quinn vetoes the gambling expansion bill. I thought gambling was harmless until my mom became a gambling addict. I never thought a college-educated nurse, wh...
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Farnham is in touch with constituentsAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - I want to recognize State Rep. Keith Farnham for doing the right thing and voting to cut his own pay. Too often legislators are involved with only themselves, removed fr...
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Obama’s lack of experience showingAug 03, 2011 3:00 am - There were many who felt Barack Obama wasn’t qualified to be president of the United States. You can include our current vice president and secretary of state among thos...
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Let’s target those who pay no taxesAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - In response to Froma Harrop’s July 10 column claiming “The people do indeed want higher taxes,” she fails to mention that nearly half of U.S. households pay zero federal...
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Gambling interests are too involvedAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - The legislators and business interests from the two most corrupt states in America are collaborating on video poker. Evidently Louisiana’s very own casino empire king, N...
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Show support for peaceful NorwayAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - It is heartbreaking to me now that eight short months ago my family and I walked the beautiful streets of Oslo, Norway. My daughter was studying in Copenhagen, Denmark, ...
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Soccer’s day in U.S. is sure to comeJul 31, 2011 5:00 am - Overweight, middle-aged, T. rex sports writers aside, anyone who watched the women’s World Cup “gets it.” Hollywood could not craft a better story than the one played by...
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Proper terms should be usedJul 31, 2011 5:00 am - Is it a policy of the Daily Herald to print verbatim from news releases? I refer to the July 14 “Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds” column that used the Pro-Life Action Le...
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Do your part to keep the earth cleanJul 31, 2011 5:00 am - The pollution in the city of Chicago is horrible. Many people have been talking about it, but nothing has been done to actually fix the problem. One of the problems is t...