St. Charles Opinion
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Health-care fix starts with cost controlsApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone in the presidential derby talks about what they will do about the terrible expense of health care. The Congress has allowed the national debt to grow from $1 tr...
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Kane transit cash talk goes from 'I want' to 'we need'Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Seems there's nothing quite like a big pile of somebody else's money to make politicians' eyes light up and the saliva begin to flow. "When it began to dawn on people th...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Holy Name Six exposed hypocrisyApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The Holy Name Six are being vilified for taking action on the Pope's denunciation of the unethical war and illicit U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, where countle...
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Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injuryApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injury Democrats on Capitol Hill want $400 billion to back problem loans, said a March 30 story. Greed by some in the mortgage indust...
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Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injuryApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Democrats on Capitol Hill want $400 billion to back problem loans, said a March 30 story. Greed by some in the mortgage industry has brought the house down. They gambled...
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Saturday Soapbox: Homing inApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Potential adopters don't have to pay an adoption fee and adoptees don't have to submit to a bunch of inoculations, but the annual Adopt-a-Cougar program is all about fin...
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Proton treatment access matters mostApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - For anyone debating the need for two proton therapy centers in Illinois or where they should be built, please consider the heart of this issue. Nearly 11,000 Illinois c...
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Lewinsky reference telling on its face?Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The Associated Press article headlines, "Women backers decry those who want Clinton to quit," includes gender observances from Marie Wilson, president of the White Hous...
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Turn lights out for out-of-work veepApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Lights out, America. This weekend we are encouraged to turn our lights off for one hour to conserve? Seems like a small price to pay towards this enormous debt America s...