Long Grove Opinion
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Only Kirk can dig us out of money messJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - On June 9, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke again stressed the importance of reducing the federal budget deficit in his testimony before a House budget panel. As I'...
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Help WINGS to help neighbors againJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - We've had more than a rough week of weather, but perhaps the greatest damage was done a week ago when it appears lightning might have hit a transformer, causing a fire a...
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Illegal immigrants' taxes not enoughJun 19, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to a letter in the Herald titled "Illegal immigrants do indeed pay taxes." The writer and many others are misguided about illegal immigrants paying t...
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Kirk should know he's not above lawJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Back in May, columnist Kathleen Parker wrote a column, "Real Marines don't lie." It was about the stretching of the truth that some politicians have fabricated about the...
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Remember soldiers, past and presentJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - In June 1950, North Korean communist soldiers crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea. The United States' stance against global communism would endure its first blood...
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Ivory towers fine, but not White HouseJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - It is apparent from American history that college professors make the worst presidents. Woodrow Wilson and now Barack Obama have proven the case that arrogant academics ...
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Teenage mistake could be very costlyJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Erin Hughes committed a crime. In a teenage moment, she panicked and left the scene of an accident that left fellow classmate Sarah Goone in the hospital. Shortly after ...
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Cubs need changes at top, not on topsJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - A suggestion to the Cubs brass and powers-that-be: Spend more time putting a viable product on the field and less time trying to stick it to the rooftop owners. You are...
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Evidence mounts to clean house in D.C.Jun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - You may be sick and tired of my anti-administration rants, but that is where these government people want you to be: confused. The one word that must remain in your mind...
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Kirk has served the Navy with honor, dedicationJun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to Charles Sawyer's June 8 letter "Mark Kirk disgraces the Navy." I am not a veteran, but I know from Kirk's impressive record that he has far fr...