Mount Prospect Opinion
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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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Afghanistan strategy needs different focusMay 02, 2012 5:00 am - One year after the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden, I’m concerned that our government is still pursuing the same failed war strategy in Afghanistan based on bringi...
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Media’s bias from the right is strongMay 02, 2012 5:00 am - Mr. Lenz’s comments indicate a lack of recall when it comes to history in the media (Fence Post, April 25). Claiming that facts are not told in the media? The most conc...
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Promises of help coming up emptyMay 02, 2012 5:00 am - Where is the foreclosure “help” we were promised from the president and our own attorney general? With all the programs to help us, why are the banks still foreclosing? ...
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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 ...
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Cameras still rolling as crashes increaseMay 01, 2012 11:08 am - The problem with facts is they don’t lie. No matter how the red-light camera companies and cash-strapped municipalities like to spin it, the facts are clear: Red-light c...
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Obama’s statements, vote don’t matchMay 01, 2012 5:00 am - Recently, President Obama spoke at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and “had the privilege” of meeting Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. O...
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Put a stop to pay phone scamMay 01, 2012 5:00 am - Now I’ve heard it all. I have been in the public telephone business since 1985 and I have seen many crazy things, but this takes the cake. Pay phones have dwindled, due ...
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Attempt to discredit president was weakMay 01, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Kelley Smith (Fence Post, April 17) wants to see college transcripts of President Obama because she can’t believe he was the president of Harvard’s Law Review? Wo...
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Editorial: Cook County’s idea to eliminate unincorporated areasApr 30, 2012 5:46 pm - With more debate and discussion ahead, it’s far too soon to take a position on Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s proposal to “speed up” annexation of uninco...