Algonquin Opinion
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Keep trial lawyers out of CongressFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - A letter was published Feb. 8 by a president of the Trial Lawyers Association, which extolled the wonderful work trial lawyers accomplish to help certain victims of unju...
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Lauzen's victory shows he respondsFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - State Sen. Chris Lauzen's landslide victory in the Feb. 2 primary election should be an important lesson to politicians. His opposition contended that he was not an effe...
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Nothing progressive about our directionFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Ask yourselves how the U.S. has arrived where we are today. I'm sure you've heard the phrases: the New World Order and Going Green. I've concluded they are one in the sa...
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Leave the coyotes beFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The story regarding coyotes on Feb. 10 reminds me of the stories of man vs. buffalo and white man vs. American Indian. Who was here first? Let's just take "their" home a...
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Buoyed by everyday kindness of othersFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - In my 70 plus years, I went here, there, everywhere automatically. No thought ... in and out of stores, regular doors, revolving doors. I did things - lifted, carried, w...
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Judge candidate thanks supportersFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - This letter is to thank everyone who supported me, voted for me and, particularly, for my campaign workers. I am proud of the campaign that we ran. I also want to assure...
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What is news? Certainly not thisFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - We live in a sick and twisted society where a mother can have her baby killed on demand and suffer no consequences from the law. Shoot a stray dog, however, and you are ...
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Why do we defile what gives life?Feb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - ABC News reported abuse, deemed necessary for the safety of farm workers. Cows, had tails cut off and horns burned off, without anesthetic. Destined to never see the out...
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Cohen should have been allowed to runFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - I say let Scott Lee Cohen run for the office of lieutenant governor in Illinois. Are we not the nation of second, third and fourth chances? Leave his past in the past. C...
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Savio was a kind, fun-loving personFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Last summer I saw someone interview Drew Peterson on television. During the interview, Peterson stated that Kathy Savio was a "hellcat." I once dated Kathy Savio. We wen...