Long Grove Opinion
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Families should decide mosque issueSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Let the families of those who lost their loved ones in the horrible devastation of those two towers in New York on 9/11 decide what to build near ground zero - not the M...
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Mosque different from nativitySep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Your editors missed a big mistake in logic and printed a letter titled "Mosque about religious tolerance." There is one huge difference between the proposed mosque in N...
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Declining support of war hurts troopsSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - I've read with great disappointment the latest round of headlines suggesting support for the war in Afghanistan is waning. One would think that I, as a military spouse, ...
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Keep Social Security the way it isSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Like millions of Americans who retire, my father, who was a pastor, depended on his Social Security checks and Medicaid to supplement his pension until he and my mother ...
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Insurance deal leaves a sour tasteSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Everyone loves a good deal. Whether it's free appetizers during happy hour at your favorite watering hole, two-for-one boxes of cereal or finding a great outfit on the c...
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BG clerk responds to Stone's attacksSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - For several months, Lisa Stone has repeatedly accused me of several things, and I would like to provide some factual information in regard to those accusations. 1. Stone...
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Lake Barrington misinterpreting survey resultsSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - The Village of Lake Barrington is a fantastic community, whose residents historically support ballot initiatives for open space. In 2007, residents supported a referendu...
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Republicans moving in wrong directionSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It is not surprising that Republican pols - for Republican, read Big Business - want to phase out Social Security (and Medicare and unemployment compensation and minimum...
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Progress in study of college fundingSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It was encouraging last week to hear a near-universal consensus of the Higher Education Finance Study Commission in favor of the concept of performance-based funding - t...
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Voters forgiven, have second chanceSep 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The coming election in about nine weeks may be the most meaningful that I can imagine in my 55 years of being eligible to participate in this process. I have over the ye...