Itasca Opinion
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No place to go for health care?Nov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - I am 73 years old with Medicare Parts A and B and also have supplemental insurance. My wife, also in her 70s, has similar insurance. We each pay $165 per month for our i...
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Insurers' profits story deeply flawedNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - The Associated Press article on the profitability of health insurance companies is deeply misleading and should probably not have been published, especially considering ...
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Looking for one more heroic jurorNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Three recent heroes deserve recognition for their refusal to sanction state-sponsored homicide in high-profile capital cases. The first surfaced two years ago when this...
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McChrystal is no MacArthurNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - An Oct. 18 letter to the editor compared the possible firing of General McChrystal by President Obama due to disagreement over the Afghanistan war with the firing of Gen...
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Why female leaders don't cut itNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - In the last presidential primary, Democrats had two choices, a man, Barack Obama, and a woman, Hillary Clinton. They chose the man as their nominee. He went on to beat t...
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Take a lesson from BismarckNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Most Americans do not know that so-called "socialized medicine" - along with several other social programs that make up the modern "welfare" state - were invented by non...
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What first: award or nomination?Nov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Wow. Our president has been given the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee, consisting of five Swedish citizens, must have held hands around a table and had a vision t...
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Tripling drivers license fee gallingNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - I heard that Springfield is going to increase the driver's license renewal fee from $10 to $30. What spectacular chutzpah these politicians have. They have emptied the s...
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No need to stifle technologyNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - I enjoyed Steve Aldrich's Oct. 22 post "Unhappy with Comcast upgrade" so much I thought I was writing it. I, too, went through the Comcast merry-go-round. After receivi...
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Library funding should be restoredNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois libraries are struggling to cope with an unprecedented increase in usage at the same time that funding for libraries is being reduced. The FY10 budget, passed b...