Oak Brook Opinion
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Government so big, my world so smallApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - Well, I’ve filed my federal and state tax returns. I now file this report on what it’s like to be browbeaten by Uncle Sam, who scowls more fiercely around this time of t...
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Something you don’t hear about BuffettApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - President Obama keeps touting his class warfare by reciting that Warren Buffett’s secretary pays more in taxes than Warren himself due to tax loopholes which, of course,...
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Don’t talk if you can’t be bothered to voteApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - Do they still teach Government or Civics in the local high schools? Do they teach the importance of voting? I have a suggestion for the various governing groups in Naper...
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Get the facts before taking cheap shotApr 11, 2012 1:00 am - In her April 2, column, Froma Harrop had a long discussion about the various homes that Mitt Romney owns. A great deal of research went into finding the square footage a...
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This isn’t why we fund universitiesApr 11, 2012 1:00 am - I am bothered by the many reports that some of our outstanding college basketball players are leaving school after their freshman, sophomore or junior years to enter the...
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Herald’s April 5 editorial page on the markApr 10, 2012 5:23 pm - Telling it like it is or should be. Responding to the April 5 editorial page. I find myself with George Will on the challenge of controlling drugs. I also stand with the...
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Questions remain on Danada complaintApr 10, 2012 4:51 pm - The story regarding the Danada Equestrian Center leaves many unanswered questions. The complaint from the 34 volunteers was placed in November 2011, yet the animals and ...
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Florida residents: Leave your guns at homeApr 10, 2012 4:21 pm - If you live in Florida, do not leave home without it — your gun, that is — for self-defense. Trayvon Martin did, and now he’s dead. Florida legislators believe everyone ...
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Health care is about individual libertyApr 10, 2012 3:56 pm - The issue of health care, known as Obamacare, has now reached the U.S. Supreme Court. It is believed the end result will be decided by early summer. In simple terms, I ...
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Judge Obama on issues, not cost of gasApr 10, 2012 1:00 am - People’s justified irritation over ever-higher gasoline prices should not mean that they throw President Obama under the bus. In all honesty, the president has extremely...