Wheeling Opinion
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We need immigration reform, and nowJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - It is time for both parties in Congress to come out of their 20-year sleep and do something about immigration. There are ten to 20 million illegals in this country and 3...
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Quinn job plan makes no senseJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Gov. Quinn's job plan - what kind of goofy plan is this? According to the article in a recent paper, the plan aims to put 15,000 low-income people to work. OK so far. He...
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Mandate English by third gradeJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Being a class of 2010 graduate from Larkin High School, I'm used to hearing the foreign languages in school. But where does it end? I truly believe that teaching or enco...
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Thank God for the great state of ArizonaJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I find it appalling that the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon has the nerve to visit our great country and criticize the Arizona law. The immigration law in Mexico is ...
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Paying promised pensions is only fairJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - At age 68, I retired from a community college with a pension of $30,000 per year. Many writers of letters to your editor would feel that this is way too much - that in t...
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Urge governor to veto gambling billJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Illinois House passed and sent to the governor HB 4927 - a very bad bill. It would make it impossible for the State Gaming Board to regulate who operates some 45,000...
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Don't believe bill won't fund abortionsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Senator Dick Durbin's recent article in the editorial page proudly notes that thousands of Catholic nuns approved the health reform bill because of the safeguards built ...
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Why can't we make immigration work?Jun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - There is much ado about immigrants, illegal or legal. Who is to blame for this mess? We are! It goes back to the Mexican-American war of 1845 when we "won" a large part ...
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It's in our power to end all warsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Man is not wired for war. Newsweek recently featured "War Stories." As a World War II veteran I was stationed at the Newton D. Baker General Hospital in West Virginia. I...
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Kirk's service record is one of great honorJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - If Mark Kirk were a Democrat, the issue of medals would not be an issue. His opponent for U.S. Senate, Alexi Giannoulias, never served in the military, but managed to gr...