Algonquin Opinion
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Endorsement: Steffen, Warren, Moeller for Elgin councilMar 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Ten people are vying for three seats on the council this year, every one of them passionate about his or her candidacy and the city itself. It's a shame there aren't mor...
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The unions are crippling AmericaMar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - It’s about my job. Regardless of who under me loses their job, I’m voting for me, for my benefit package. At the same time, these union leaders are calling for social ju...
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Tax stock traders for extra cashMar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Many years ago when reporters asked Willie Sutton why he robbed banks, he said, “That’s where the money is.” Why can’t Illinois leaders figure out where the money is? Th...
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Pro-choice, pro-life mutually exclusiveMar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - In the Feb. 21 letters, I read commentary from Gaylon Alcaraz’s, executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund, which promoted safe abortions and justified her organiz...
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Editorial on unions was off baseMar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - I was saddened by Feb. 22’s main editorial “Striking a balance with labor in Wisconsin.” In it, the Herald’s editorial board maintains that “government seems insistent u...
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It all starts with tort reformMar 03, 2011 1:00 am - Several letters in the Daily Herald lately have urged support for the disastrous federal takeover of American health care. The purported original goal was to provide hea...
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State government: A Tale of Two StatesMar 03, 2011 1:00 am - Watching how differently Illinois and Wisconsin are dealing with their respective deficit crises makes me wish someone would write a Charles Dickens type novel, and call...
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Fox News not so fair and balancedMar 02, 2011 10:00 pm - I tried to watch Fox News with a neutral attitude. I have heard so much about Bill O'Reilly and his “balanced” approach that I figured it was time to check it out. How F...
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Don’t pick on Kirk DouglasMar 02, 2011 1:00 am - With regard to Sean Stangland’s article bashing Kirk Douglas, I think it is rude and disrespectful to trash a stroke victim and a Hollywood icon who musters the strength...
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An argument for single-payer systemMar 02, 2011 1:00 am - We in the U.S. have capitalized medicine. That is, the primary function of our health care system is to make a profit for the tiny minority of the public who own it. For...