by Katherine W. Lynch, Oak Ridge, NC Finally! A tax system that is truly fair and simple. The time is NOW to pass the Fair Tax Act. It will grow our economy and abolish the income tax. Your congressional representative,…
Letters to the editor
The Fair Tax Act
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by Irving B. Welchons III, Charlotte, NC It is time to file my Federal Income Tax return. That means hours spent gathering information and working with tax software or a preparation service to guide me through the maze of regulations…
Let Us Pray
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by Ed. Klein, Peoria, IL We keep hearing people say that ever since prayer was taken out of the public schools the country has gone to hell in a hand-basket … and that most of our contemporary ills are a…
A New Pope and the Status of Women
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by Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL Feminist activism is bent on eroding cultural and legal obstacles to women’s equality, but we have always been aware that religious barriers are too often behind them. Will the new Pope continue the concentration…
Rape is Rape – Whether in Steubenville or Peoria
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By Martha Herm, Executive Director of the Center for Prevention of Abuse Peoria, IL “The pictures from Steubenville don’t just show a girl being raped. They show rape being condoned, encouraged, and celebrated.” This quote from Laurie Penny, noted British…
Guest editorials for March
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Will Women Be Drafted? Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL When women testified before 1920 on behalf of Suffrage, they were asked if they realized that men could vote because they were required to give their lives for their country. Invariably,…
Some guest editorials
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0213Bring This to the Forefront Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL Having followed all the widespread and intense discussions of the national Second Amendment/gun control follow-up to the Newtown tragedy, I keep hoping that Mayor Bloomberg’s argument would come to the…
Guest editorials
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Why We Keep on “Keeping On!” Dolores M. Klein Peoria, IL A Texas southerner, Lyndon Johnson, was the President who said “We shall overcome!” on national television – most surely influenced by the Civil Rights Movement. It was President Ronald…
Attend IDOT District Open House to Learn about the Eastern ByPass
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Mike Hinrichsen, President 474 Eastern Bypass Regional Coalition – Peoria, IL The Eastern Bypass has been the top transportation priority for the Greater Peoria region for decades. The completion of the proposed Eastern Bypass will be vital to our area’s…
Which Candidate is More Pro-Life?
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Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL Neither Governor Romney nor President Obama are “pro-abortion.” When governor Romney of Massachusetts defended Roe-Wade as the law of the land, he was not being pro-abortion. Nor is President Obama in defending Roe-Wade, pro-abortion. When…