Northfield Opinion
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Take care of the homefront firstMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - Fence Post recently had a letter from Mr. Darst that to balance the budget would require cuts in military spending, changes in Social Security and Medicare and some gove...
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Comic strip is no laughing matterMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - I resent having simple minded political propaganda on the comic page. “Stone Soup” is neither witty or deep, it is just a mindless insult. I believe your subscribers are...
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Respect the laws in racial casesMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and others of their ilk must have worn out a number of mirrors as they daily prepare to be front and center to any camera they can find record...
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An objective test for news biasMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald’s Opinion page editor, Jim Slusher, recently wrote a column defending his paper against readers’ accusations of media bias. Like others, I feel that his...
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‘New reality’ applies to legislators, tooMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - In his April 23 letter to the editor, “Will we cut benefits for lawmakers, too?” Mr. Roger Thomas Seely points out how, in a “new reality,” benefit cuts to the Teachers’...
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Three cheers for electric aggregationMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - The village officials and staff that successfully undertook the task of municipal electricity aggregation should be commended one and all. For the benefit of over a quar...
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Enact disincentives against red meatMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed a cigarette tax hike and linked it to health benefits. He said, “We’ve got to use our heads here. We ought to use this strategy to get revenu...
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Class warfare already alive and wellMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Let’s see if I understand the thinking of my Republican-Tea Party friends. If we extend the low interest rates on loans to students — who, by the way, need them because ...
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Casino proposal would cheat taxpayersMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - As mayor of Des Plaines, I am deeply concerned about a troubling proposal from the state’s horse racing industry that would more than double casino gaming locations. It ...
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Politics cannot get in way of reformsMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - It’s time for politicians to sit down and statesmen to stand up. Opinions seem to be finally changing in Springfield — I see leadership moving in a positive direction to...