Northbrook Opinion
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Thank those who served our countryMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Since our country will celebrate Memorial Day on May 25, I've been thinking of the service members I knew who died in Iraq. I was in the navy for 21 years, and I was ne...
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Deaths of innocents vs. guilty not sameMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to Gary Schutte's "Judge Obama invite same as Bush invite". I see a difference in your death analogy and do not agree that the two can be judged equal. Consi...
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Is there a God? Where's lightning?May 22, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to Eric Carver's article declaring that not believing in God is limiting mankind's morality, and that only with belief in God (or gods) will man have the int...
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Beware scams on one-time gov. checksMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will be happy to know that issuance of the special one-time $250 American Recovery and Re...
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Public law - vs. God's law - can flexMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I found J. Lippert's comments on Dave Crost's topic, "Relax, gay marriage is no big deal," to be a tad bit biased considering they are based on a religiously-backed poin...
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At least he can't tax our air ... or can he?May 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Let's wake up. Do you realize the thousands of businesses in this state that sell their product with a tax on it? All the restaurants with a 10 percent sales tax and the...
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Don't allow video gambling in IllinoisMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Legislators are considering allowing video poker in bars, truck stops and fraternal and veteran's clubs, the money to go mainly for school construction and the remainder...
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Israeli influence needs close lookMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - If ever there was a country that should attend the U.N. conference on racism, it is the United States of America. Yet the administration is boycotting it, "with regret" ...
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Abortion bill is bad, not misunderstoodMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - On April 19th Julie Sass wrote an article entitled "Abortion Bill is Misunderstood."Let the record be clear that both the Illinois House of Representatives and the peopl...
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Improve treatment of brain disordersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - May is Mental Health month. It's time for us to improve the way treatment is provided. Each day we read articles telling us of local tragedies caused by mentally ill per...