Northbrook Opinion
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Local gift shopping better for AmericaDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with piles of cheaply produced goods — merchandise that is being prod...
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Kelly served Bartlett well for many yearsDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - Shame on the Daily Herald for first writing that article on Sunday. And double shame on the board and trustees for the way they handled it. It should never been a topic ...
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Embrace life, not campaign boostingDec 11, 2011 4:00 am - To Terry Cosgrove, president and CEO of Personal Pac Chicago: As I see it, you and Pat Quinn have embraced the culture of death. Neither of you values life as a gift. Yo...
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Let’s occupy sites in D.C. insteadDec 11, 2011 4:00 am - It’s time to pack up the tents, get out of the public parks and clear the streets to protest the loaning and repayment of billions of dollars to U.S. banks. The real pro...
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The other meaning of ‘Black Friday’Dec 11, 2011 4:00 am - It is clear to most that “Black Friday” gets its name from the commercial expectation that the millions of dollars of sales on the day after Thanksgiving enables our nat...
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Seniors, watch for government scamsDec 10, 2011 4:00 am - With all the information about seniors being careful to not be scammed, it seems odd that scams by Social Security predators are never mentioned. Having been a victim on...
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In search of a worthy GOP candidateDec 10, 2011 4:00 am - Daily, I marvel at the ebb and rise of Republican candidates for president. It is as if the party (bludgeoned by the lunatics running the Tea Party) keeps searching for ...
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If a state can recall, how about a nation?Dec 10, 2011 4:00 am - Should an election to recall Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin really occur, what would it take to recall President Obama? Let’s go for it! Joyce Petersen Des Plaines ...
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It’s the illegal parents’ faultDec 10, 2011 4:00 am - Columnist Esther J. Cepeda wrote that we, the legal hardworking taxpayers, should feel guilty for the 5,100 children who have been left behind when illegal immigrant par...
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Laws contradictory on abortionDec 10, 2011 4:00 am - Recent headlines in the Daily Herald told of us about 19-year-old Jessica Cruz, accused of giving birth to a healthy boy in the bathroom of a thrift store and then murde...