Wheeling Opinion
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Looking forward to benefits of reformMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Like so many Americans I cheered when Congress finally acted to improve our health system with the Health Care and Education Affordability Act of 2010. In 2008 I spent ...
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How the other side livesMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - What needs to be done is to not allow an educator who retires to be rehired by the district they previously worked for. Educators who retire should not receive their ret...
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Tougher penalties for DUI save livesMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - As a regular reader of the Fence Post, I sometimes agree (50 percent) and sometimes disagree (50 percent) but am seldom shocked by the comments of your readers. On a rec...
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We are supposed to challenge leadersMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The first amendment to the Constitution reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridgin...
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Not just a few priestsMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Brian Knott of Elgin in his April 11 letter seems to believe that the sexual abuses against children in the Catholic Church were committed by a few aberrant priests. Not...
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Show your patriotism on Memorial DayMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Memorial Day will be here before you know it. As we remember all of our veterans on that day. I have a special place in my heart to remember the men and women currently...
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Social programs will cost U.S., tooMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Has anyone thought to connect the dots about the problems that Greece is having with what is going on in our own country? Are we going to be in the same shape in the nea...
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Celebrating diversity only polarizes usMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - This is an opposing opinion in response to the letter, "Look at the real impact of the Latino community." We are a nation of immigrants and immigrants that have a desir...
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People must take back governmentMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - A couple of things. First, three cheers for the Arizona governor and legislature. It is about time someone has taken a stand on the illegal immigration problem. In order...
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Retired teachers pay for health insuranceMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear R. Eden Martin, As a retired Illinois Educator I was reading your and Mr. Swanson's articles in the Daily Herald (April 26) concerning public pensions. I found that...