Articles by Fran Eaton
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Fran Eaton
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04.23.13
AURORA – Saturday in front of State Rep Linda Chapa-Lavia’s downtown Aurora office, demonstrators from both sides of the gay marriage debate expressed their views. Rep Chapa-Lavia, a Democrat, is one of the few House members that has not made...
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Fran Eaton
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04.23.13
AURORA – The debate over legalizing gay marriage in Illinois was in full force in downtown Aurora Saturday morning, when traditional marriage advocates and gay marriage activists stood side by side in front of State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia’s (D-Aurora)...
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Fran Eaton
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09.19.12
The controversy over Mitt Romney’s comments about the 47 percent dependent on government coffers continues to heat up, with political pundits stunned that anyone running for president could be so insensitive.
“There are 47 percent who are with [Obama], who...
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Fran Eaton
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02.16.12
Civil unions aren’t just for same sex couples, a Decatur Herald-Review story fittingly points out on Valentine’s Day, there are a growing number of opposite sex Illinois couples opting for civil unions over marriage. And it’s not so much about...
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Fran Eaton
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11.10.11
Your child goes to class and the teacher opens discussion by saying, “I want you all to think about the things that turn you on.” Then she distributes a handout entitled Activity E: “What Turns You On???”
Some students start...
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Fran Eaton
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09.13.10
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (D) is about to make a billion dollar decision to which most of us haven’t paid much attention. For months, consortiums and companies have been working behind the scenes to become the jackpot winner of a...
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Fran Eaton
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07.01.10
“We’re a nation of laws, and a nation of immigrants…” ~ Barack Obama
Those words define clearly the fine line Congress will need to consider in any attempt to correct our nation’s crisis concerning immigration. America is facing unprecedented confusion...
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Fran Eaton
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04.14.10
You’ve got to shake your head a little at the exploding number of folks on the streets shouting and holding signs saying, “We’re taxed enough already!” or “Smaller government, less taxes!” or the ever popular “Free markets, not socialism!”
It’s...
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Fran Eaton
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03.25.08
Beware, home school moms: be notified beforehand that you’ve been typecast into the role of villainess in this weekend’s children’s smash hit “Horton Hears a Who?”
Settled down with our three and five year old grandsons Saturday afternoon, I was...
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Fran Eaton
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03.13.08
If you live in Cook County or nearby, you’re likely to have heard the uproar of business owners and taxpayers who are facing a sales tax increase in order to fill a massive county budget gap. On the county’s boundaries,...
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Fran Eaton
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02.19.08
So, how did Illinois’ earliest primary ever fare for the state’s values voters?
Just as those post-Exodus spies sent into the Promised Land fourteen centuries ago reported back about Canaanite activity, today’s answer would be, “Well folks, there’s good news...
