Palatine Opinion
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Terrorist gets chance no victims receivedSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Ten years ago, my husband and I attended a convocation for 35 of Syracuse University's "best and brightest" students, blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, whil...
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Strong language can incite violenceSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Words do matter. Words can soothe. Words can help promote healing. Words can also hurt, promote hatred and issue calls for vengeance. The anti-abortion bunch preach thei...
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Leaders needed to fix health careSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Although we may narrowly escape having over 1,000 unread pages of health care imposed upon us, the fact remains that our health care system is still badly in need of ref...
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Let communities pay for own policeSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Sen. Durbin boasts in the Fence Post that Congress put $1 billion into the COPS Program and he supports a proposal for another $3 billion. And he suggests that Elgin and...
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Chief Illiniwek is still missedSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It's that time of year again; time for college football, tradition and mascots. The University of Illinois, however, isn't allowed to demonstrate tradition nor have a ma...
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Life-extending care has us playing GodSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Ellen Goodman talked around the basic debate that has now surfaced as to how health care costs can be reined in. Death panel spin is intentional to preserve the status q...
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Israel must end settlementsSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Cal Thomas' Sep. 9 article titled "Israel continues to give but still hasn't received" is an accomplishment in myth production. The U.S. is the only nation that has Isr...
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Do you really want to be on your own?Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I think I may have a solution about the battle in Washington on universal health care. First, the pros and cons are separated. The pros get universal health care with al...
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This is what's wrong with health systemSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Started reading the "Losing a critical care safety net?" article in the Sept. 8 edition and stopped after reading the 1st paragraph stating "Janie Johnson has no health ...
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Bean is afraid to meet with publicSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Obviously Melissa Bean is cowering in her office and afraid to meet with the public, many Democrats are. I did listen to her health care teleconference long enough to he...