West Chicago Opinion
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Small business can't wait for reformFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - A political newcomer who made driving a truck front and center of his campaign won Ted Kennedy's open Senate seat. Why has this election stopped a national yearlong conv...
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Death penalty an effective deterrentFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - The Hammurabi Code of ancient Mesopotamia called for a death sentence for all manner of crimes. Why shouldn't it be effective today? The death penalty could be the only ...
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Decorum, please, as we debate the issuesFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama's State of the Union address was a thoughtful, stellar, committed effort to bring our country together and to provided the leadership for which we electe...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Cut it out: Some readers may have responded to Friday's story about allegations of hazing by wrestlers at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake with a shrug o...
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Haiti's debt should be forgivenFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - As reported in your newspaper, hunger, thirst, lack of shelter and health care must be our primary concerns in Haiti. Already, nations have mobilized resources to help i...
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'Cadillac' health care is absurdFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - I read in article after article about "Cadillac" health care and how it should taxed. Are you people nuts? This health care is part of my wages and I already pay all ta...
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'Real Americans' will fix this messFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama, your pledge to freeze spending for 10 percent of the budget is phony when the deficit rises by millions every minute. If you froze the whole budget, tha...
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Get big business out of electionsFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - In his State of the Union address, President Obama spoke of the recent Supreme Court decision in the case of Citizens United v The Federal Election Commission. This ruli...
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Pols must be honest about income taxesFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - I am tired of hearing the "no new taxes" pledge or that lowering state taxes in Illinois will encourage more jobs. Cutting income taxes on businesses even 50 percent wil...
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Guy who 'gets it' says we have ourselves to blameFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - It's not every day a reporter walks into my office with high praise for a just-interviewed source. Something close to that occurred after staff writer Jake Griffin talke...