Marengo Opinion
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Support funding for afterschool programsApr 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Young people in Illinois and across the country face greater barriers to success than ever before. Employment rates among teens have dropped significantly over the last ...
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Repeal health care lawApr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - As a result of the passage of "Obamacare," we the people face a future of being compelled to purchase health insurance deemed appropriate by the federal government. With...
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Dubious of Obama's intent on abortionsApr 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to express my appreciation to you for publishing the insightful and educational column Ms. Parker wrote Wednesday, March 31, regarding abortion funding. Thi...
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Medical marijuana would help manyApr 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I grew up on the northwest side of Chicago and love living in northern Illinois, as I am close to my wife's family and mine. I was a Chicago area union painter, until on...
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Public safety, civil liberties and the lawApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - With overwhelming odds that sex offenders will strike again, it's hard to understand why someone like Gary Welsh should ever be free. At the same time, once someone has ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen on Molly, EvanApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - 'Work hard, follow your dream': No one can bring that message home better than people like local Olympians Evan Lysacek and Molly Schaus and, more recently, Glenb...
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Fund schools with sales taxApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I see where the issue of inequities in funding of public education is getting another look at. Being able to afford to live in your home or buy a home is not discretion...
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Give adoptees access to birth certificatesApr 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Adult adoptees in Illinois face discrimination because of lack of access to their original birth certificates. Now a new bill, HB 5428, further threatens their civil rig...
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In business, Pope would have lost jobApr 03, 2010 11:00 pm - It's enlightening to read the Daily Herald's coverage of the European perspective of the sexual abuse crisis within the Catholic Church. Despite the pain and suffering t...
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It's time Democrats push to vote on party limitsApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - State legislators are in the midst of enjoying a two-week spring break. Now may be a perfect time to call, write or stop them at the store to tell them to push more ethi...