Friday, March 30, 2012

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Stuck in the muddle with you

A Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll released earlier this month found that the individual mandate in Obamacare — the requirement that, as of 2014, you'll have to have health insurance or pay a fine — is increasingly unpopular.

More time in school Editorial: More time in school

Almost 30 years have passed since the U.S. Department of Education's report "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform" outed the nation's declining public school system.

Obama's 'tax' lapse Obama's 'tax' lapse

In 2009, President Barack Obama was asked whether the individual mandate in his health care plan was really just a tax in disguise. "I absolutely reject that notion," he responded.

Today's columnists

More success from Urban Prep Editorial: More success from Urban Prep

A year ago, Catherine Mariella, of Lake Forest, wrote a letter to the Tribune after reading a Page 1 story about Englewood-based Urban Prep Academy for Young Men and its success enrolling its graduates into college.

Let's restore cumulative voting Let's restore cumulative voting

Recent partisan infighting over redistricting in Illinois underscores that it's time to learn from Illinois' own history by returning to cumulative voting and giving power over representation to where it belongs — with voters.


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