Lake County Opinion
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Seals joins crowd who stretch ethicsMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - We have seen quite enough of Illinois politicians who show ethical lapses. We all know about Gov. Blagojevich's problems. He may go down as our worst governor. Those of...
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'Urgent need for change' in pensionsMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Your article "Illinois has nation's worst pension problem" provides a disturbing but accurate picture of the Illinois pension disaster. There is an urgent need for chan...
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Are there adults left in Congress?May 29, 2008 11:00 pm - In Plato's Republic, he describes one of the greatest threats to democracy. That threat centers around the fact that most politicians want to be voted in to office so ba...
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We must remember 'Other Holocaust'May 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Mr. Coppel (Fence Post, Sunday), you remember your family's history. I remember mine. We lived in eastern Poland before the Germans reached us. Russians had first dibs ...
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Bush does not deserve our respectMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The more I hear and read, the more I believe calling George Bush president is a mistake. He does not qualify to earn that honorable title. He is, and has been, as has ...
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Same-sex rulings raw judicial fiatMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The recent decision in California calling same-sex marriage"legal" should have an enormous effect. The need to pass amendment protecting marriage as one man, one woman,...
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It's easier for senators to throw stonesMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm glad to know that our senior senator, Dick Durbin, thinks that the president should make the oil companies do something about oil and gas prices. Where was Sen. Du...
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Illegal immigration is costly for countryMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The issue of illegal immigration remains a sore spot with many taxpayers. A recent report by the Manhattan Institute found that the cost to the federal government by san...
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No more condos in Lake ZurichMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As a longtime Lake Zurich resident whose parents grew up here in the 40s, I thought I had seen the worst of what this village board could do to replace our beautiful, ae...
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Community service not a punishmentMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - I was extremely disappointed to read that school officials at Zion-Benton High School added three days of community service to the punishment of the students involved in...