Opinion
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesOct 31, 2021 5:15 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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Maybe Janet Reno could oust fugitiveOct 31, 2021 5:17 pm - Where's Janet Reno when you need her? Here we've got an illegal alien, Elvira Arellan, holed up in a church in Chicago, and no one seems to know how to extract her and d...
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Universal health care can workOct 31, 2021 5:16 pm - I would like to respond to a letter written recently by Carl Palash to the Fence Post, in which he writes about his distrust of a universal health care system in this co...
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Silly headline, even sillier argumentsOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - The Aug. 11 Associated Press article titled "Are Monster Trucks Unsafe?" was the most silly thing that I read in your paper that day. The real issue is not whether the t...
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Forest preserve not right for OlympicsOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - I am deeply concerned about the proposal to have the 2016 Summer Olympics' equestrian events in the Lakewood Preserve in Lake County. Forest preserves were charted to "p...
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Give women's sports air timeOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - A few weeks ago, the Big Ten Network announced its commitment to athletic event equality. The announcement should have made headlines, but instead received little to no ...
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Experience, not ads, sets behaviorOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - The article, "Brand loyalty at age 4?" (Aug. 7) lacks critical logic. The editors of the Daily Herald obviously want flash over substance. The article's "expert" states ...
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Blame, cause are two different issuesOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - As a safety and health professional for more than 60 years, I can relate to Don Lindman's article, "Why do we want to assign blame for tragedies?" Instead of trying to ...
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No need to raise taxes on gasolineOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - Regarding Mary Warren's Fence Post opinion, while Mary was at least correct that we need better efficiency in our vehicles, she couldn't be more wrong on the rest of her...
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On planning, the planet, and politicsOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - In 1776, humans in the United States planned a life for freedom, opportunity, and justice on a planet Earth which had fresh air, cool water, vegetation and had created d...