Opinion Stories from June 8, 2019 (Change date)
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Editorial: A backslide on curtailing public pension costsJun 08, 2019 2:00 pm - Fourteen years ago, lawmakers saw a problem: Union contracts across the state specified big automatic pay raises for schoolteachers and administrators in the last years ...
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Marijuana and similarities to ProhibitionJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Does anyone remember that alcohol was illegal in the 1920s? It was called Prohibition. The result was that more people drank than before, because it was illegal, organiz...
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This American not impressed by TrumpJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Regarding the letter titled "Trump's policies good for all Americans," that doesn't include this American. His policy on the environment doesn't include this American. H...
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Gas tax hike will have big consequencesJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - I wonder if those politicians that voted for Pritzker's destructive gas tax increase ever considered the domino effect of their affirmative vote. If you think the only e...
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We can only guess at when life beginsJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Abortions have been around for thousands of years. There are two types: Those performed by nature or God, if you prefer, and those performed by humans. No one questions ...
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Comments misstate Catholic teachingJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Response to Kathy Ryg's letter, "Laws should protect a private choice" I was not surprised at the timing or content of her letter. The Reproductive Health Act (SB25), ...
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Looking forward to seriesJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Regarding the monthly "Pulling Back The Curtain" feature, congratulations on a great idea, which was on the Daily Herald's Opinion page. Your new series is not only inf...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Trump golfs while nation declinesJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Like the decadent and ineffective Roman emperor Nero, who blithely played his lyre as Rome was destroyed by fire, our president plays golf at his private country clubs w...
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Pay more attention to 'regressive' tax policiesJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - We most often contemplate tax policy alternatives as either "progressive" or "fixed rate." We need to pay more attention to the "regressive" nature of tax policy we comm...
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