Northfield Opinion
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Tort reform needs constitutional fixFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - With a vote of 4 to 3, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the state's malpractice law passed in 2005 which limited "pain and suffering" damages to $500,000 for indiv...
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This generation must fix health careFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - We are incredibly close to passing real health reform. I stand with President Obama in calling on Congress to finish the job. Cost of inaction is grave and troubling. We...
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Thanks for help in winning primaryFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - I would like to express just a small portion of the overwhelming gratitude I am feeling today following my election as the Democratic nominee for circuit court judge in ...
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Health care reform bill is a good startFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - My wife's folks are in their late seventies and have had numerous health problems in the last two years that have resulted in lengthy hospital stays and even longer peri...
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Who needs voters if you have parties?Feb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - As the latest political controversy saga plays out following the withdrawal of Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Scott Lee Cohen, it is ever more apparent how Ill...
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America could use a real-life Mr. SmithFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - I just finished watching (again) the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." If only more of our elected officials emulated James Stewart's character (Mr. Smith) instead o...
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Two views still lead to one conclusionFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - In his guest view column on Sunday, Feb. 7 Columbia College Chicago Professor Howard Schlossberg expressed his opinion that CBS had applied a double standard by airing, ...
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Voting is a right, privilege, dutyFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Shame on you! Yes, I am talking to all those citizens who did not go to the polls to vote. I find it very sad that people in other countries are willing to die for the r...
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Policies help union, government workersFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - It is hard to believe how the Democrats and the president enjoy taking advantage of the common folk. If you do not belong to a union or work for the government, you are ...
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Money doesn't control electionsFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - At the State of the Union address, President Obama was highly critical of the recent Supreme Court decision of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Why? "Cong...