Inverness Opinion
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Make Lake County residents fund roadApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - After reading the Our View column in April 12 Daily Herald, I am upset at some of the proposals for paying for the extension of Route 53 in Lake County. Why do the peopl...
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Is Obama running against the court?Apr 20, 2012 5:00 am - How should we interpret President Obama’s words toward the Supreme Court — a coequal branch of government! It could be interpreted as a little threatening. Remember, we ...
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Non-profits wise to rely less on governmentApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - In the past few years, with the state's budget in a shambles, its payments to school districts and others in arrears and largely written off, often the last in line to r...
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Our liberties are being whittled awayApr 19, 2012 5:00 am - Are we heading toward a police state by little increments? In the same week the news media obsessed on the Supreme Court’s deliberation on the Affordable Health Act (Oba...
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All media must check their biasesApr 19, 2012 5:00 am - I enjoyed reading Jim Slusher’s April 5 column on the difficulties a newspaper encounters in this increasingly polarized country. But I would like to point out that even...
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Vote out lawmakers who overspentApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - Those familiar with Illinois’ dire circumstances relative to its five public employee pension funds conclude that these systems are structurally sound and effectively ma...
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Tragic barn fire led to great lossApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - It was grievous and disheartening to read about the deaths of several horses that perished in a traumatic and horrific barn fire in McHenry County. To make matters worse...
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Organ donors are lifesaversApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - April is National Donate Life Month for promoting organ and tissue donation. Over 113,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. Approximately ...
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Why the Catholic Church has it rightApr 17, 2012 5:00 am - Robert Harrison’s letter of March 24 is filled with distortions and half truths. First, individual conscience is not the ultimate arbiter of truth. Rejection of the Cath...
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Some questions to ask about ObamaApr 17, 2012 5:00 am - Can we stop referring to Obama as the “former constitutional law professor”? Hillary Clinton addressed this issue in the 2008 Democratic primary and made it clear that t...