Lake County Opinion
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Someone has to pay for quality of lifeApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Americans have the incredibly good fortune to live in a country with good public services. The quality of our roads, schools, fire and police protection, and emergency r...
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Nobody expects the Spanish InquisitionApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Baltasar Garzon, a judge in Spain, has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush administration offi...
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Push lawmakers to back health-care billApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - HR 676 is the bill proposed by Rep. John Conyers to provide Medicare for all. It would provide universal, single payer coverage, with no exclusions for pre-existing cond...
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Country needs strong leadershipApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Cal Thomas' article "Put Anger Where it Belongs: Congress" expresses the feelings of many of us outraged ordinary citizens. Here are some additional thoughts/comments. ...
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Open letter to Reid, Pelosi and DurbinApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - You've done it again. What makes you think that the public is going to stand by and let 500 people (senators and congressmen) in Washington, D.C. step into our lives and...
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Trying to sneak national health careApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Hidden in the Stimulus Bill is a precursor to National Health Care, the Department of Information and Health Technology. Under the guise of streamlining health care reco...
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Bill would help ease insurance painApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - We're way too familiar with this scenario: small businesses trying to get health coverage for their employees, self-employed individuals or workers who lost their covera...
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Clearing up myths about Free ChoiceApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm not surprised that some people feel that it would be wrong for the Employee Free Choice Act to be enacted into law; there is so much misinformation out there. If peo...
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Moving primary an easy reform fixApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Just last week, I called on Illinois legislators to move the 2010 gubernatorial primary from the blistering cold of February - which keeps voters and poll workers away -...
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Don't fall for Obama's bait, switchApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama has clearly mastered the art of "bait and switch," but in his recent news conference defending his budget, he brought that art to a science. He told the ...