Libertyville Opinion
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Too much money in the bureaucracyOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald is to be commended for its excellent series on school finances. Chapter four of the series reports the percentage of actual funding expended on instruct...
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Children need health-care accessOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - By vetoing the most recent health care bill, President Bush has denied millions of low-income children access to much-needed health care. Over the last 10 years, the chi...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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Durbin supports illegal immigrantsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Democrat Sen. Richard Durbin has voted once again "pro-illegal" immigration. Recently he opposed an amendment offered by Sen. David Vitter (H.R. 3093) that wou...
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Soapbox:A good thought for all schoolsOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - No matter what field an elementary student chooses to study as he or she gets older and no matter what profession he or she eventually chooses, few skills will better se...
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Blue Cross working to ease transitionOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - As many readers know, Condell Medical Center in Libertyville terminated its contractual relationships with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. We have informed our m...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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Even for maligned marathon, half-full glass close at handOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - If the Cubs could hit with men on base, the clear failings of this year's marathon would have been relegated to a front-page footnote. For the purposes of this column, I...
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Blackwater ran deep and dark for years on current fearOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - "Gentlemen, welcome to Baghdad." That was the announcement that came over the jetliner's loudspeaker as we landed in Iraq. The captain rightly used the word "gentlemen" ...
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Losers are clear in health-care battleOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Even under the best of circumstances, patients often find it confusing to navigate the maze of rules, procedures and paperwork that inevitably accompany health care and ...