Northfield Opinion
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Obama praised for nuke effortApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama is taking the initiative to make us safer by reducing the stockpiles of nuclear warheads and delivery systems. He is also trying to strengthen the safegu...
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Rebalance tax systemApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - For half a century, we've heard politicians talk about cutting our taxes. From Kennedy to Reagan and Bush, Congress has trimmed and cut. But what has been the result? Mi...
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Tell the whole story on priest sex abuseApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - There is absolutely no doubt that the sexual and physical abuse is a global plague. In the U.S. alone, there are reportedly 39 million victims of childhood sex abuse. Fo...
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Find other ways to cut costs in U-46Apr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - School District U-46 has a large deficit that the board of education is trying to reduce. Like many other districts in Illinois, the problem is partially because the sta...
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Giving up meat will resolve major issuesApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Eating your morning bacon, a noontime hamburger, or a dinner steak or pizza, does give rise to three hot topics in politics that cause fiery conversations. The first iss...
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There's no excuse for rude customersApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Society is quick to complain about the poor quality of customer service. There are times when poor customer service is simply bad, but there are circumstances when it's ...
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Leftists have a history of violenceApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - A recent column by Eugene Robinson called our attention to the "rising risk of far-right violence," but dismissed threats of leftist violence as having "gone the way of ...
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Don't just blame teachersApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Navarrette, this letter is in response to your April 6 column, titled "U.S. not making the grade on reforms." As a semiretired public school educator, I agree with s...
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Why are conservatives only speaking now?Apr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - It's amazing to me how all these Republican fiscal conservatives have been coming out of the woodwork since President Obama and the Democrats took over. Where were they...
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Thoughts on carp eradicationApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - There has been an ongoing battle over the Asian carp. The main worry is that it will get in the Great Lakes and destroy the sport fishing resources. Other states, like M...