Opinion Stories from February 22, 2012 (Change date)
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On abortion, what are we thinking?Feb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Progressive historians, only too willing to point out cracks in the armor of the American experiment, frequently remind us that many of the same Founders who crafted the...
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Nurture innovation to fix economyFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - I am regularly dismayed that so many of the letters in the Herald vilify successful leaders and achievers in our nation. I refer to those who are the businessmen and wom...
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McConnaughay in Senate District 33, GOPFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - In the 33rd Senate district, Pingree Grove resident and former trustee Cliff Surges is competing against St. Charles resident Karen McConnaughay, the current Kane County...
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Talk with the Editor: The debut of 'Moving Picture'Feb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - For close to a year, our photo staff has produced a weekly photo gallery titled “Behind the Scenes.” It's appeared as a photo gallery on dailyherald.com on Friday aftern...
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Skala for McHenry County BoardFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - As the election approaches, I hope to see Mike Skala elected to the McHenry County Board for District 5. Through his leadership and experience as president of the Distri...
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Lecture to explore 'Conscience and the Common Good'Feb 22, 2012 10:00 pm - Wheaton College's Political Science and International Relations Department is hosting the Kamm Memorial Lecture on Jurisprudence at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15. This year...
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A little too much of big brother?Feb 22, 2012 5:00 am - Jesse White’s recent post proposes embedding people’s personal information into driver’s licenses and ID cards. He’s apparently talking about an RFID (Radio Frequency Id...
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A conflict about individual libertiesFeb 22, 2012 5:00 am - The controversy about medical coverage of contraception, is at its core a conflict between individual liberty and organizational dictates. The administrative rule only ...
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Obama’s bailoutFeb 22, 2012 5:00 am - An extended, contentious nomination contest paradoxically hones and improves a presidential candidate — except when it non-paradoxically does not. It is increasingly di...
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Birth control issue is about freedomFeb 22, 2012 5:00 am - This letter is directed to Berns K. Gingras, who wrote in the Feb. 11 Fence Post. If birth control is a basic human right (which it isn’t) and is due the dignity of priv...