Lake County Opinion
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Soapbox: Goodbye, SenatorFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Journalists are a hardened, cynical bunch, but we were genuinely saddened upon hearing of former state Sen. Adeline Geo-Karis' passing this week. Geo-Karis, 89, of Zion,...
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Carter: Thanks to all my supportersFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The best part of my campaign has been the energy and commitment from friends and supporters like you to help carry me through to Election Day. To all my supporters and ...
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Whom is misleading whom?Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - In a recent letter to the editor my Democrat opponent, Amanda Howland, accused me of "deliberately misleading" local taxpayers in regard to the increased RTA mass transi...
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We want them in the White House?Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Amazing. The only public institution in the US with a lower public approval rating than President Bush is the Congress at 22 percent. But American primary voters in the...
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LHS teacher still educates on day offFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Kudos to Libertyville High School teacher Kevin O'Neil for anticipating a snow day last week and instructing that students log onto the school sponsored academic chat ro...
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Clemens case shows how 'whodunit' can supercharge a storyFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - As a high school journalism teacher many years ago, I tried to prepare students who cared little about current events and would never want to work for a newspaper to at ...
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It'll be good when primaries endFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Politicians have gotten very nasty. Our votes for independents get pushed out. You can only vote Democrat or Republican depending on which state you vote in, so why do ...
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Don't 'oil-starve' our economyFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - The federal stimulus package is nothing more then an election-year ploy. It will allow a temporary boost to the economy but will have no long-term effect. It is an addi...
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If Obama knew, what would he do?Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Barack Obama insists that he was against the war in Iraq from the beginning but that raises the question, what did he know that administration advisors such as Colin Pow...
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Universal health care isn't universalFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Senators Clinton and Obama both want universal health care of some sort. It should be pointed out that some British doctors are now recommending that the government medi...