Wheeling Opinion
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Don’t confuse abortion, health careDec 16, 2011 4:00 am - Why does Terry Cosgrove, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood of Illinois political action committee (Personal PAC) jump to the defense of Gov. Quinn (Fence Post,...
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Our American family is stressed outDec 15, 2011 5:00 am - Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful, spend time with family and friends, and eat from the bounty of God’s good earth. But maybe it should be the day we celebrate the b...
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Money too greatly influences campaignsDec 15, 2011 5:00 am - Lazlo Stephen in his recent letter claimed the drawdown of troops in Iraq is a mistake, and he attributes self-serving motives to President Obama for doing so. The elect...
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Seniors elected those who misspent fundsDec 15, 2011 5:00 am - Liz Mueller claims in her Fence Post letter (Nov. 25) that seniors aren’t to blame for the Social Security and Medicare mess. It is the politicians who spent the money t...
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Festival of Trees a great successDec 15, 2011 12:00 am - On behalf of the clients served by the Ecker Center for Mental Health, I would like to thank everyone who made the 11th annual Festival of Trees event at the Centre of E...
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Obama shares blame for committee failureDec 14, 2011 4:00 am - Like many Americans, I am not surprised that the “supercommittee” couldn’t rise to the challenge. However, unlike Eugene Robinson, who places the blame squarely on Repub...
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Insider information tempting CongressDec 14, 2011 4:00 am - Steve Kroft did a nice piece on “60 Minutes Overtime” about insider trading on Capitol Hill. Al Lewis, a columnist for Dow Jones Wire, wrote a similar article about the ...
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Monkeys might as well run governmentDec 14, 2011 4:00 am - Every government run by humans has eventually failed. The Roman Empire, the British Empire, and now? Perhaps we should think about turning over the role of government to...
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Let residents guide budget processDec 14, 2011 12:00 am - Are we really as crazy as it seems? For the last several years, the American and world economies have been so depressed that some demographic groups have a 40-percent un...
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Elgin Council must cut, not tax moreDec 14, 2011 12:00 am - On Wednesday, Dec. 7, the Elgin City Council had a “Truth in Taxation” hearing. I addressed this with my own “Truth about Taxation” comments. No nation, state or governm...