Schaumburg Opinion
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Disrespect for the flagJul 12, 2017 1:00 am - I was a member of the VFW participating in the Hoffman Estates July Fourth parade. I was ashamed at all the adults and children that paid little or no attention to the p...
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Are we returning to a Soviet-like past?Jul 10, 2017 1:00 am - Fifty-five years ago, John Frankenheimer directed a film entitled, "The Manchurian Candidate." The setting was the post-Korea War when communism was taking root in Europ...
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Health bill lacks supportJul 10, 2017 1:00 am - It is quite apparent that the groups who are affected by the health care issues have rather clearly divided into two groups depending on their primary interests. On the ...
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Beverage tax is arbitraryJul 04, 2017 1:00 am - I am curious as to how a law that does not treat all consumers of sweetened beverages equally can possibly be constitutional. It is my understanding that the law has bee...
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It's still the blame gameJul 03, 2017 1:00 am - R.J. Young of Inverness has commented about the Dems' "resistance strategy" by saying among other things they are "committed to stopping just about anything the the othe...
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No sympathy for public pensionersJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - Just read the letter from Linda Kimsey with her defense of the exorbitant pensions enjoyed by our public employees, the gift that keeps on giving at the expense of the r...
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Sour on sugar taxJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - This new beverage tax in Cook County is a ridiculous burden on businesses and consumers. It is just another way for politicians extract money from taxpayers to fund the...
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Editorial: Mundelein, Dist. 211 and a call for local candidatesJun 29, 2017 2:00 am - We have a quandary. In an analysis of the November election, we learned that only 30 percent of potential local races were contested because there weren't more candidate...
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Don't ignore the sabotage of ACAJun 29, 2017 1:00 am - Gordon Szymanski needs more research before disparaging people "spouting off" about health care reform as sloppy. Insurance companies dropping out and premiums and deduc...
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A requiem for civilityJun 25, 2017 1:00 am - I write to mourn the passing of something I've long admired - civility. I can't pinpoint when it fell ill, but its much-diminished condition became obvious during the tw...