Winfield Opinion
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Small wonder we’re disillusioned with polsJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - The comments from Democrats regarding reapportionment maps that said that “the public had their chance to speak up” and that “comments that were made were taken into con...
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Why you had to go elsewhere for Noah’s quoteJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Now that the topic of personal slurs has died down, I’d like to stir up that hornet’s nest again. Actually, the topic is closer to how we handle racial and cultural slur...
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Enough of the liberal social engineeringJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Just what we need — more liberal social engineering. According to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and Historical Statistics of the U.S., between 1962 a...
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Not right to laud principal’s profanityJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - While no one can be more excited about recent occurrences in the world – what with Osama bin Laden being laid to rest by some brave SEALS – why do we think it is necessa...
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Tornado-proof houses when rebuildingJun 01, 2011 1:00 am - After Joplin’s devastating tornado, which savagely ripped apart conventional housing, leaving block after block of nothing but kindling wood, wouldn’t it make sense to r...
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Bureaucrats great at stoking up emotionsJun 01, 2011 1:00 am - Columnist Michael Gerson evaluated the film “Atlas Shrugged” as mediocre. He charged that the characters are ideological puppets without “a hint of sympathetic human emo...
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How tax increase means fewer jobsJun 01, 2011 1:00 am - I am semiretired and live in Wayne. I am 70 years old and my wife I have a home that is on four acres in Kane County. We had our kids ask us about raising a couple of ho...
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Beyond just reacting to homelessnessJun 01, 2011 12:00 am - The image of an unkempt middle-aged man drinking on a park bench by day and bedding down in a shelter by night persistently symbolizes the homeless population. In realit...
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Wage war on terror more effectivelyMay 31, 2011 4:00 am - My prayer is that President Obama will use the termination of the hunt for Osama bin Laden to pivot U.S. strategy in order to fight the war on terrorism effectively. I h...
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FOI Act not meant to expose citizens to riskMay 31, 2011 4:00 am - The Daily Herald editorial “Stop dimming transparency efforts,” failed to understand the crux of the Freedom of Information Act argument. The Herald correctly stated tha...