Mount Prospect Opinion
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Banks set standard for all pro athletesFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - Ernie Banks did not have his body covered with tattoos. He did not wear ear rings. He did not wear gold chains. He did not have long hair. He did not have a mustache or ...
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Tax net worth of wealthy freeloadersJan 24, 2015 4:01 am - Republicans get upset at "freeloaders" who get food stamps and other government benefits. On the other side of the economic tables are those with inherited wealth. They ...
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Delayed school start will have no effectJan 18, 2015 12:01 am - Starting later because the kids are yawning and can't concentrate (because the parents are afraid to discipline them) will have the same result as the history of traffic...
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Bistro put 'thanks' in his ThanksgivingJan 13, 2015 4:01 am - For whatever the reason, Thanksgiving was about to be a lonely day for me. My wife has been in a nursing home for four years and my kids were all out of town - and I gue...
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Why didn't officer pull driver over?Jan 13, 2015 4:01 am - When I was driving to work I was turning left onto 83. A police car (Mount Prospect) SUV was also turning left - opposite direction. I had gotten to the light first. So ...
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Allow capitalism to spawn creativityJan 09, 2015 4:01 am - As I continue to watch the price of gasoline drop, I can't help but reflect on a speech given on national television on April 18, 1977. President Jimmy Carter cautioned ...
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Trucker lobby wins with 70 mph limitJan 08, 2015 4:01 am - Hardly a week goes by without families being crushed to death or burned alive by semitrailers ramming them while stopped or slowing. Truck drivers are lulled into a daze...
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And executive pay increases are OK?Jan 07, 2015 4:01 am - All we hear and read about the minimum wage issue is that if it is increased business as we know it will come to an end. The lost of jobs, higher cost to consumers, comp...
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Support the campaign to stop ISISJan 01, 2015 4:01 am - The hostage incident that occurred in Australia and the massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar, Pakistan, signal a trend toward radicalization in Muslim youth around the...
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Losing a spouse changes everythingDec 25, 2014 4:01 am - Thank you for your Dec. 21 editorial titled "The holiday season for those in grief." My husband, partner and life companion, Jeff Bruner, died this past June following a...