Inverness Opinion
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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...
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Don’t put pension reform on my backApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - The recent comments by Gov. Quinn and Mayor Emanuel signal a renewed effort toward pension reform that would include shifting of a portion of pension costs for teachers ...
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District 15 mess a shared responsibilityApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - Your story on the budget to date at District 15 outlines a dilemma facing most suburban school districts; i.e. we want good schools, but we can’t afford what we have tod...
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Illinois too friendly to illegal immigrantsApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - I see that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is among the 11 state attorneys general who joined the U.S. Justice Department in opposing Arizona’s SB 1070 law cracki...
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Don’t ignore cancer link to birth controlApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - There is an important, missing component in the debate regarding the Health and Human Services’ mandate requiring taxpayers/consumers to pay for contraceptives, abortifa...