Maple Park Opinion
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Bogus justification for deer killsMay 11, 2012 11:32 am - Biologist Daniel Ludwig left out some key facts in his bogus justification to slaughter deer as a tool to control chronic wasting disease. Crucial among these well-estab...
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Constitution is up for grabsMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - According to some of the justices on the Supreme Court, the Constitution of the United States is a dead document. The Founding Fathers could not anticipate all the progr...
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Tea partyers lost their oomphMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - What happened to the Tea Party? Members of Congress who campaigned as Tea Partyers promised to go to Washington and reduce the size of government and bring fiscal respon...
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Take care of the homefront firstMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - Fence Post recently had a letter from Mr. Darst that to balance the budget would require cuts in military spending, changes in Social Security and Medicare and some gove...
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True win-win involves kidsMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing briefly to answer your question in this past Saturday’s Soapbox, “Win-win for Kane-DuPage:” Kane County says its housing of DuPage County’s juvenile offende...
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Right hand? Meet left handMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - I was wondering if the staff who wrote the editorial Monday, April 30, entitled “Murphy’s bid to check union influence” were aware that the lead front page story would b...
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Benefits of the Dodd-Frank ActMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - I have heard complaints from financial people on Wall Street and many politicians about how difficult it is to comply with the Dodd-Frank Act. As an investor, I am delig...
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Huntley High coaches mean so muchMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - Our five children have been three-season athletes in District 158 and our family has spent a good part of our lives participating in or watching athletics events. We kno...
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Climate change is real, man-madeMay 02, 2012 5:21 am - We know that climate change denial reports and info being pumped out of many media sources is paid for by millions of dollars from the fossil fuel industries. Coal, oil,...
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Being smart about college loansMay 02, 2012 1:00 am - The premise is simple enough. Keep interest rates manageable so students can borrow money to go to college, improve their lives and be able to pay it back without going ...