Northbrook Opinion
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Walk in a teacher’s shoes, then set policyJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - Earlier this month our governor decided to scrap the state writing test to save $2.4 million. This is a very small savings in the overall cost of education and a perfect...
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Government has ability to pay its billsJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - If we don’t raise the debt ceiling is the government really going to default on its debt? Is the government really totally out of money? According to columnist Eugene Ro...
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Error shouldn’t have been publishedJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - On July 16, a letter was printed from reader who accused President Obama of lying about the military service of his father. She is mistaken. Barack Obama has referred ma...
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Compromise not a bad word on debtJul 28, 2011 7:00 pm - As if the complexities of the debt ceiling debate were not confounding enough by themselves, political debate over the issue has become so steeped in vitriol and bluster...
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GOP not working for the common goodJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - It is appalling that our country has the debt crisis that it does. We can thank the Bush administration and the Republicans for the financial ruin that the United States...
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Saving energy takes patienceJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - One of Al Gore’s recent statements hits the nail on the head: “Climate change is not your fault, but it is our problem.” We have raised the average temperature of the ea...
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Money is there for the truly needyJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - I read with great amusement that the argument that too many citizens pay no federal income tax is a fallacy because “they do pay payroll taxes.” Surely anyone with even ...
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Put nation’s good over self-interestJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - The Republican politicians are at it again. Since President Obama took office they publicly proclaimed that their goal was to bring him down and defeat him in 2012. They...
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Corn for food; hemp for fuelJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Thomas Jefferson said that hemp was vital to the future of the nation. Lobbying by DuPont and Hearst newspapers resulted in the ban on hemp growth. Hemp for making ethan...
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GOP opposes deficit when it’s convenientJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - Why is it that when the Republicans are in office the deficit doesn’t matter, but when they are out of power it’s the only issue? Remember Ronnie Reagan telling Jimmy C...