Lindenhurst Opinion
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Conservation incentives a boonJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Congress sent good news to Lake County and the rest of the nation last month when it renewed a powerful tax incentive for landowners who preserve wildlife habitat, farml...
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How the pop star got top billing over the journalistJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - On this hand, a respected journalist; on that, a world-renowned music star. To me, the choice of which one people would most want to read about was a virtual no-brainer...
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Thoughts on the national debt IJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I feel compelled to respond to Burt Constable's column from June 12 titled: "Fuzzy Math + tax cuts + health care = $9 trillion debt". In it he spells out how our nation...
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Kirk crosses aisle on transportationJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Congressman Kirk is going beyond the call of duty working on Illinois transportation issues. Not only has he obtained significant federal highway funding for Illinois, ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Lake CountyJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Loud and clear When a Lake County jury convicted a Fox River Grove teen of falsely making a terrorist threat this week, it should have sent a resounding message worth po...
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...
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Kirk must make war views clearJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The recent reporting of the Senate intelligence report reminds me of a Mark Kirk declaration in a Northbrook synagogue in 2002. In a debate with Hank Perrit, he said he...
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Where should I direct my anger?Jun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Where should I direct my anger? I just filled up my tank and paid $4.20 a gallon. I am trying to decide who I should be angry with. I saw Congress whip the oil executiv...
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Here's some ideas for state legislatorsJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - On May 31, our state legislature sent an unbalanced budget to our governor. He immediately whined it was an unconstitutional action. We can therefore expect him to call ...
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Kirk stays strong against IranJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is in the news for yet again threatening Israel with destruction. At a celebration marking the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, ...