Northfield Opinion
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How dare Obama breathe and eatDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - How dare Obama breathe and eat A recent Fence Post letter criticizing how the Obamas have decorated the White House for Christmas shocked me into a new revelation. ...
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Government’s hand too heavy in businessDec 18, 2011 4:47 am - The Dec. 7 column by Richard Cohen demonstrated once again his narrow views. He stated that two American auto companies survived because of our money given as bailouts. ...
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End the cover-up over Fast and FuriousDec 18, 2011 4:47 am - I would like to know why the Daily Herald and other major newspapers are not reporting on and covering the “Fast and Furious” scandal of our federal government. This is ...
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Notch babies have reason to complainDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - After World War II, the people who were in Washington, D.C., at the time remarked on how much money was in Social Security, and they didn’t know just what to do with all...
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Holiday’s origin ignored in letterDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - The Nov. 25 Daily Herald included USA Weekend as a supplement, and a feature of that supplement was “The 2011 Obama Holiday Letter” written by President Barack Obama for...
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Right decision on Cubs managerDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - Mr. Ronald Ashley thinks the decisions by Mr. Ricketts are all wrong (Fence Post, Nov. 19). He also thinks Barry Rozner has a “poison pen and did everything he could to ...
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New party could solve our problemsDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - After the supercommittee’s inability to reach compromise regarding trimming the budget and revising taxes, it’s time to junk both political parties. Let’s start two new ...
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Keep fighting for campaign reformsDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - Your editorial “We all have an obligation as voters” (Nov. 27) was right on the money. We had better wake up to what is going on at all levels of government and start ho...
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Our debtors may not be so forgivingDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - The parable of the Prodigal Son carries an important teachable moment: Having demanded all his inheritance, he quickly squandered it and was forced to slop pigs, to slee...
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A ditty for our timesDec 17, 2011 4:00 am - It has been said that the more things change the more they remain the same. Now that many people are getting ready for Christmas, I remember a verse from the old carol “...