Prospect Heights Opinion
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Bartlett mayor treated unfairlyNov 24, 2011 5:00 am - I have never written to a newspaper, never thought I had better insight or judgment. I’ve ranted and raved at my wife and kids and left it at that. Today that changes. T...
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Protect our borders instead of othersNov 24, 2011 5:00 am - Here’s an idea. Why can’t we put our troops protecting our own borders? Maybe 9/11 would have never happened if we had troops at our own borders instead of everywhere el...
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99% is getting under their skinNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - No matter what your political party, the police pepper spraying protesters on the campus of UC-Davis, who are on the ground, unarmed and nonthreatening, has to make you ...
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A voice of reason amid rancorNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - Congratulations on the Nov. 7 column by Kathleen Parker. It’s about time someone took an honest look at the situation in our country in an honest and unbiased manner. Sh...
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Senator’s view of pensions one-sidedNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - State Sen. Matt Murphy thinks the public can be easily fooled. He says, “ ... clout-heavy union leaders and other insiders benefit from special deals allowing them to co...
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Seniors aren’t to blame for U.S. debtNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - To Bill Hartman: I read your letter in the Herald (Nov. 8) and I think you better start checking things out on Social Security and Medicare before you start telling “Gra...
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Let the ball courts be silent this seasonNov 24, 2011 2:00 am - Let me ask, do you miss the NBA season so far? Does it concern you that it looks like the NBA 2011-2012 season will not happen due to greed from both sides of the aisle?...
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Some ‘things as they are’ are also ‘as they ought to be’Nov 23, 2011 11:00 pm - In his “Devil’s Dictionary,” 19th century American author Ambrose Bierce described a “cynic” as “a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ou...
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Several factors offset pension liabilityNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - Mike Riopell’s article titled “Do pension ads tell the real story?” was enlightening. However, like every article written about the Illinois pension problem, it misses a...
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State’s paying plenty into pensionsNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - With all the rhetoric regarding the state of Illinois not paying its fair amount toward its public pension obligations, I decided I would have a look at the numbers myse...