Lake County Opinion
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There’s intolerance in ‘happy holidays’Dec 22, 2011 4:00 am - It’s that time of year again when store clerks and even strangers on the street wish each of us “happy holidays.” You see, they dare not risk “offending” anyone by sayin...
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‘Family values’ report was balancedDec 22, 2011 4:00 am - In response to Judi Tepe’s “Florida Family Values lacking in values,” I checked the Florida Family Association website and the article referenced by Ms. Tepe. I found th...
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Social Security being mismanagedDec 21, 2011 4:00 am - Sen. Mark Kirk, you say Social Security doesn’t need to be changed. How about looking into the fact that Social Security admits that they spent $320 million that should ...
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Column wrong about ‘wealth creators’Dec 21, 2011 4:00 am - Mr. Cal Thomas: Your column “Thankfulness and those who occupy” (Nov. 24) typifies conservative-based thinking. Envy is not a mitigating factor for those who “occupy.” I...
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Ghosts can’t seem to wake us upDec 21, 2011 4:00 am - My family and I just attended the Goodman Production of “A Christmas Carol.” It’s obvious that Dickens wrote this for an earlier era. If Scrooge were living in Illinois ...
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Rhetoric on Catholic hospitals misleadingDec 21, 2011 4:00 am - I learned at a very young age in Hong Kong with my eyes and ears and heart that we have to nurture the young, care for the old, and help the sick, the poor and the unfor...
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As MHS learns, convenience counts in openness tooDec 21, 2011 4:00 am - Would you travel four hours and 250 miles to attend a school board meeting? The sad truth is most residents won’t drive even a few miles to hear critical discussions abo...
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Late tax payments burden the rest of usDec 21, 2011 4:00 am - Taxes are paid to the county. The treasurer in turn delegates money in return to the towns and cities from which the taxes were collected. When there is a delinquent pay...
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Tax breaks only promote corruptionDec 20, 2011 5:00 am - The time has come when we should let “too big to fail” fail. Let Sears, CME Group, CBOE Holdings and others leave the state of Illinois. Correct the egregious pension an...
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Easy to blame Obama without factsDec 20, 2011 5:00 am - I don’t usually respond to right-wing comments because they are frequently fact-free. Mr. Mack’s December 17 assertions in the Daily Herald are no exception. The Bush ta...