Monday, December 12, 2011

Opinion Express

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American educators and parents spend years drumming a message into teenagers: Don't quit school. You won't find a job. You'll wind up in jail. You'll ruin your life.

Taxpayers get soaked by layers and layers of gov't

"Kill the townships, the regional school superintendents, the county recorder, the state comptroller, half of the school districts in Illinois. If you need more, call me back. I mean it."

First Illinois governor to do time was known as 'Mr. Clean' Flashback: First Ill. governor to do time known as 'Mr. Clean'

A former Illinois governor was sentenced to prison last week. That's about a once-a-decade event here since the 1970s.

Today's columnists

Poverty: Gingrich's dual personality Page: Nice Newt and Naughty Newt

'Tis the season, it appears, for Newt Gingrich to show his dual political personalities: naughty and nice.

When you recognize the homeless

All I wanted to do was take my wife on a leisurely Sunday stroll along the city sidewalks, the busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style.


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