Prospect Heights Opinion
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Why go to China for MLK sculptor?Sep 09, 2011 5:00 am - Journalist Charles Krauthammer tells us in a recent edition of the Daily Herald that the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial was made by a Chinese artist in China using Chin...
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Economic facts tell the whole storySep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I wish that everyone would present all of the facts. A recent letter to the editor claimed that there would be a 3.8 percent real estate tax on the sale of your home due...
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Giving away money doesn’t create jobsSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I agree that President Obama is spending like a drunken sailor. President Bush did add $4 trillion to the national debt. He did this over the eight years he was presiden...
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CFL bulbs not what cracked up to beSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I read Sandra Kaptain’s letter in support of going green, which is fine, but I think we should consider where we go green. There is more to say about the CFL light bulbs...
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Economic recovery requires spendingSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - We know how to get out of recession. To do that we need to create jobs. There is no other way. We have done it many, many times before, and it works every time. To creat...
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Let your vote speak for youSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - Let’s quit with the “who won” reporting and Monday morning political quarterbacking. What’s wrong with “the “American people won”? We finally seem to have the attention ...
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Seek labels that say ‘Made in USA’Sep 07, 2011 4:00 am - I spent a wonderful day touring Mount Vernon in Virginia. I loved George Washington’s home with the lovely view of the Potomac. The museum there is outstanding. After ou...
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Time for president to take responsibilitySep 06, 2011 5:00 am - So President Obama’s dismal record almost three years into his term reflects record high unemployment, record high debt, a failed stimulus plan, a faltering economy, bro...
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Let’s pay our own bills firstSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - Today The Associated Press reported that the Social Security disability fund will run out of money by 2017. Last week it was reported we are sending $90 million to North...
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Historical parallel too close for comfortSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - Calvin Coolidge is known to history as an adherent of laissez-faire ideology that resulted in a period of U.S. economic heights called the “Roaring Twenties” during whic...