Inverness Opinion
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Cigarette tax would reduce sufferingApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - On April 19, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced a series of initiatives to address the state’s fiscal and public health concerns. Included in his proposal is a plan t...
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Road crews should give drivers a breakApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - I can appreciate the fact that IDOT does most of its repairs during the night, so as not to disrupt traffic. However, the workers seem to forget that there are people wh...
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Action on pensions vital to our futureApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - As a not-for-profit, membership-based organization that works to promote economic development in Illinois through science and technology, we recognize the importance of ...
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Understand the contraception issueApr 29, 2012 5:00 am - Mr. Robert Harrison’s recent letters to the editor purports to provide great detail on a history of Catholic teaching as it pertains to artificial birth control. Upon fu...
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The damage will keep getting worseApr 29, 2012 5:00 am - The hope and change mantra seems to have turned into one of the seven deadly sins — envy. That’s what the president espouses with his race and class warfare. It’s hard t...
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Clarifying a point about abortionApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Mr. William Beckman amazes me with his lack of astuteness. Nowhere in my letter did I mention “abortion.” He says “I try to suggest” the Catholic Church once allowed abo...
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Don’t shift pension burden to local districtsApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you, Daily Herald, for the story on the awful state of the state pension system. It was pure irony that on the same page an AP story had House Speaker Michael Madi...
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Each woman must decide what’s rightApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - In the April 17 Fence Post, Karen Malec comments from alleged studies on what is known as “premenopausal breast cancer,” but she is misleading in her quest to suppress a...
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Hang on to the right to defend ourselvesApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Ben Nejdl claimed that the Second Amendment is a relic of our past and is no longer needed because it was designed to grant citizens the right to defend themselves durin...
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The poor are being overtaxedApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Here’s a thought for President Obama. Instead of raising tax on the rich who pay most of the taxes anyway, why not lower the tax on the poor? We pay enough already throu...