Long Grove Opinion
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Common sense key on French bike tripJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Having just returned from a great bike/barge trip in France, I would like to share the common-sense approach expected of and observed by bikers there. I feel all bikers ...
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The lesson to learn from Lora HuntJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Tragic. That's the first word that comes to mind when reading about Anita Zaffke and Lora Hunt. Then comes senseless and avoidable. We imagine that's true of most who h...
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Stop relying on 'someone else' to pay for your needsJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Over the past number of years, probably decades, a significant portion of the population has become addicted to the concept of others paying for their needs and/or desir...
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Charging anyone who disagrees with Obama as racist can't be taken lightlyJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Racism used to be clearly understood and rightfully scorned. But our "post-racial" president and his regime are rapidly making the charge of racism irrelevant. Rather th...
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Split church and state on gay marriageJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - I am not quite sure why Cal Thomas believes that proponents for marriage equality want things to be determined by polls, which by nature are biased in favor of whatever ...
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Obama not keeping transparency pledgeJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - When the President campaigned he promised that his administration would be totally transparent. This has not been the case. The recently passed health care bill was conc...
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Lost jobs aren't coming backJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Everyone keeps looking at the unemployment rates and wondering when they will go down. The fact is the jobs won't return; they have been shipped overseas. Unemployment h...
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A start, but only that, on opennessJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - No one expected that a new law requiring more openness in government would by itself suddenly spur officials to get religion about what the "public" in public documents ...
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Land and Lakes antics just empty rhetoricJul 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The antics of a Buffalo Grove trustee at the July 12 board meeting are another "cry wolf" about Land and Lakes. Congratulations to President Hartstein and the trustees ...
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Perfect punishment for BlagojevichJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - At a recent holiday gathering, everyone agreed that Blagojevich was indeed a sad excuse as a governor. Bets were made as to how he should be punished. Some thought he sh...