Lake County Opinion
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Towns can be inclusive on prayerJul 10, 2014 5:01 am - The Supreme Court's recent ruling in Town of Greece v. Galloway should trouble anyone who values religious liberty. The court ruled that municipal governments can spon...
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Hobby Lobby ruling an attack on rightsJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - When the Republican majority in the Supreme Court decreed that it was all right for employers to deny certain benefits to their employees' families, even though these be...
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Editorial: Be careful about redesigning TIFsJul 08, 2014 11:00 pm - It's been six years since Wickes Furniture closed on Dundee Road in Wheeling. The village bought the land for $3.7 million, intending it to anchor an ambitious, $100 mil...
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Obama relies on agitation for changeJul 08, 2014 5:01 am - After last month's outrageous prisoner swap, there's no doubt the president is playing for the other team. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced the prisoner exchange ...
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Thank you to traveler who gave up first-class seatJul 08, 2014 5:01 am - Recently, my father took his first airline flight since 2001 to visit his siblings. Dad is 87, and an online wiz! He printed his e-tickets, confirmed his limo, checked w...
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News report on court ruling slanted the factsJul 07, 2014 5:01 am - Imagine my surprise to read the front-page Associated Press article on the Supreme Court ruling in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case, which was clearly slanted and mislead...
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New garbage cans bad for our healthJul 07, 2014 5:01 am - I wonder if anybody has gone out on trash night and looked at the garbage cans that are easy for the garbage companies to empty. They don't seal like the old round alumi...
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Had enough? Get back in the gameJul 07, 2014 5:01 am - So have you seen enough • with the greatest health care system on the planet virtually destroyed by federally-mandated socialized medicine? • with America's feckless fo...
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U.S. team doesn't deserve such criticismJul 06, 2014 5:01 am - The comments made by Brian DeValk on June 28 sound like your typical soccer hater. If you don't like soccer, no need to tell the rest of the world - we don't care what y...
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Why change path of Illinois government?Jul 06, 2014 1:01 am - Our state is billions of dollars in debt, taxes keep rising, businesses are leaving for other states, every month more people leave Illinois, every year another member o...