Lake County Opinion
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‘Free cellphones’ notion misinformedOct 07, 2012 5:00 am - James Wagner’s recent letter to the editor about President Obama giving free cellphones to the poor is simply factually incorrect. Yes, welfare recipients and others ca...
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Home sprinklers worth the costOct 06, 2012 5:00 am - I read with interest in a recent Fence Post the “facts” about residential fire sprinklers authored by one Bob Ruffatto. Mr. Ruffatto seemed pretty confident that if we a...
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The SoapboxOct 06, 2012 5:00 am - A real coyote danger: Within 10 days, two separate coyote attacks on small dogs occurred near the Illinois Prairie Path in Wheaton. After reading our Friday story about ...
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Professional vs. political managementOct 06, 2012 4:40 am - We are all aware there are several key decisions on the ballot this November. One question that very few voters have seen before is the referendum question on the creati...
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Many factors have affected jobless ratesOct 05, 2012 3:42 pm - I don’t understand the big fuss being made about the unemployment rate being high. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the seasonally adjusted unemployment...
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Echoing JFK’s enduring admonitionOct 04, 2012 4:40 am - More than 50 years ago, Democrat John F. Kennedy challenged Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you ...” to the thunderous applause of a proud, self-relia...
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Romney plan for uninsured: emergency roomsOct 03, 2012 6:03 pm - As a breast cancer survivor, I am outraged at the inane suggestion by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney that the solution for sick people without health insurance is ...
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The alternate universe of the news mediaOct 03, 2012 6:03 pm - Gallup just released a poll which said that 60 percent of Americans don’t trust the news media to present the truth. That is the highest level of distrust for the media ...
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Editorial: Preserving a treasure in Lake CountyOct 03, 2012 8:48 am - Anyone who watched the Ryder Cup last weekend on television had to be struck by the beautiful overhead views of the suburban area surrounding the equally beautiful Medin...
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Where did moderate Republicans go?Oct 03, 2012 4:40 am - I’m a resident of the 52nd State House District, where right-wing Republican David McSweeney is running against Independent Dee Beaubien. No Democratic candidate is runn...