Will County Opinion
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Columnist misses mark in Gates flapAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Columnist Susan Estrich ("Change the realities of racism first") has a very strange take on reality. She proposes that it's appropriate for police officers to treat blac...
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Can't spend our way out of debtAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The news on the Aug 1 weekend was all about the "cash for clunkers" run on car dealerships. President Obama informed us that $1 billion would be enough. In four days tha...
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Healthcare fix makes us freerAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - All the fear mongering about the proposal to reform the delivery of health care in our nation is very short on rational analysis about the problems within the system. Th...
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U.S. Senators don't control police grantsAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The "Saturday Soapbox" column implied that U.S. Senators could direct federal grant money under the COPS Hiring Program to specific communities. That's not the case. Whi...
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Health care must be a basic right in U.S.Aug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Now is the time to make sure that all our citizens are able to get the health care they need. A public option is a must. It will bring real competition to the insurance ...
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A legislator to take back IllinoisAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - As a political science student at a small college in the suburbs, I am no stranger to the political happenings of "pay to play" politics or the missteps of politicians w...
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Big insurance worse than Big OilAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Last summer during the fuel crisis when gasoline prices went to over $4 per gallon, the oil companies reported record profits and there was universal outrage in the publ...
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Be wary of self- serving campaignsAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A strong public option, or, even better, a single-payer health care plan, would result in more effective and less expensive health care. Here's a story that supports tha...
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What Would Andy Griffith Do?Aug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Deeply pained? This is the response of a police commissioner over a minor incident and an off-the-cuff comment by the president. All the horrific things in this world an...
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Alzheimer's is a cruel diseaseAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I recently visited my wife to celebrate our 39th wedding anniversary, and I was a little overwhelmed with our situation. I know that right now she has a black eye from a...