Wheeling Opinion
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Redefining of marriage already happeningFeb 06, 2012 4:00 am - Redefining of marriage already happening Six months after Illinois’ civil union legislation went into effect, forces committed to redefining natural marriage are al...
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Keep the debate about abortion civilFeb 04, 2012 11:00 pm - I am responding to the letter in Fence Post by James Prescott titled “Republicans need a moral recheck.” He states, “When you are not able to distinguish between an inve...
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Hey, Congress, let’s share the sacrificeFeb 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Is anybody else sick of political pandering? Politicians have been unproductive for almost three years and now ask for donations to their re-election. I check my email a...
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Chill crime by freezing criminalsFeb 04, 2012 6:00 am - On Jan. 22 I read the story in the Daily Herald about overcrowding in our prisons. I have a brilliant, simple and inexpensive solution to this problem. Freeze our crimin...
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Columnist barks up the wrong treeFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - Susan Estrich’s editorial on Jan. 20 has me wondering how out of touch these columnist are with what are the real issues in the presidential race. Initially, I thought i...
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Put Midwestern industry firstFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - The upper Midwest might be referred to as the newly invigorated Auto Belt and the worn-out Rust Belt. States such as Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and the western se...
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Equipment fix easy compared with economyFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - Recently, President Obama was giving a televised speech at a college when the teleprompters malfunctioned, and suddenly there was silence. Fortunately for him, he had te...
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Rally for right to carry a gunFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - Last year, HB148, which would allow Illinoisans the right to protect themselves by being able to carry a concealed weapon, missed passage by a handful of votes. Illinois...
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Obama will have my vote in NovemberFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - You have to worry about a political party whose top contenders for president of this country are: A corporate raider who has hidden millions of dollars in offshore banks...
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Superrich ruining capitalism in U.S.Feb 03, 2012 5:00 am - It’s refreshing to hear, coming out of the economic summit held in Switzerland, what many of us have been thinking for years: that capitalism as practiced in America, un...