Opinion Stories from August 25, 2014 (Change date)
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Editorial: Keeping hunger in mind in the suburbsAug 25, 2014 11:00 pm - When Julie Yurko talks about her work, one phrase finds its way repeatedly into the thread of conversation. "Our hungry neighbors." The repetition, no doubt, has a strat...
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Too few movies that uplift viewersAug 25, 2014 5:01 am - I disagree with movie critic Jocelyn Noveck regarding "The Hundred-Foot Journey." There are too few movies that are clean and have a feel-good ending. We need more movie...
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Duckworth right on with 'deserter' commentAug 25, 2014 5:01 am - I support Tammy Duckworth completely when she says businesses that leave the USA to employ cheap labor are deserters. Tammy is right on two counts. First, any business t...
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Let's give bicyclists 'skin in the game'Aug 25, 2014 5:01 am - I enjoyed the article last week on bicycles vs. the village of Barrington Hills. In fact, it gave me the impetus to write a letter to the editor that I have wanted to wr...
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Hamilton's words are welcome commentaryAug 25, 2014 5:01 am - Thank you, Daily Herald, for carrying the "Guest View" of Lee Hamilton. Hamilton, a former congressman from Indiana's 9th District, is the director of the Center on Cong...
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New meaning to 'hope and change' for DemocratsAug 25, 2014 5:01 am - Though I'm an independent and try to see both sides of the argument, ya just gotta love those Democrats. Every time I turn on the TV, I see ads for Big Bad Bruce Rauner,...
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'Clean energy' is losing its meaningAug 25, 2014 5:01 am - Currently no term is more abused than "clean energy." First the coal industry stole the term "clean" as an adjective on the promise that carbon emissions can be captured...
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System perpetuates drug addictionAug 25, 2014 5:01 am - Well, heroin use seems to be at an all-time high in these here suburbs. This is a serious problem, and sadly, the system is not set up to help. Having been an addict mys...
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Focus on issues that matter for nationAug 25, 2014 5:01 am - When I saw Lil Strom's Aug. 20 letter headlined "Nation is troubled - so do something," I was optimistic. Unfortunately, after an irrelevant critique of our nation's ant...
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Take note of pay for some school officialsAug 25, 2014 5:01 am - Just read in the Daily Herald that the interim school superintendent for U-46, Kenneth Arndt, will be paid $650 dollars per day. And his second-in-command will get a sal...
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