Mount Prospect Opinion
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Scandals have left a broken societyJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - It seems like every day a new scandal or breach of trust is brought into the open. The people who took out mortgages and were not informed of the consequences of buying ...
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Iran holds key to Mideast peaceJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - The new administration has its work cut out for it and I hope they make their first priority to change our diplomatic policy concerning Iran. Iran has many faults but we...
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Is there hope? Or is there fear?Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Did anyone miss the irony of the headlines in a recent Daily Herald? The front page heralded in bold type: Hope over fear. Then the headline on the business page was: Do...
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Obama sets example on sunshine lawsJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - On the heels of an administration that looked for reasons to refuse Freedom of Information Act requests, President Barack Obama started his first full day in office with...
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Ringling Brothers vs. the liberal clownsJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - The Ringling Brothers Circus and Springfield and to some degree Washington have clowns. The difference is that the circus clowns make us laugh whereas the elected ones m...
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Palestinians aren't innocent victimsJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - It seems the bleeding hearts, Muslim groups and some of the media are condemning the brutal Israelis for the way the poor innocent Palestinians are being bombed in the p...
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Hoefert: On mend and grateful for helpJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - An open letter to the citizens of Mount Prospect: We truly live in a caring community and nothing tells me that more than the outpouring of concern my family and I have ...
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Writer refuses to let facts define opinionJan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - A recent Fence Post letter alleged that Barack Obama has such global influence that he, and he alone, by his election, had produced the very welcomed drop in gasoline pr...
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Traditional markets don't apply to oilJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Paraphrasing Thoreau: Fence Post Letters have been hacking at the branches of evil oil prices but none have struck at the roots. Supply and demand economics works with c...
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Bible, science are compatibleJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I thought the recent letter by Mrs. Kleckner was very interesting. Creationism is only one religion's view on how humans and our world came to be. Humans do deserve to ...