Algonquin Opinion
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Time to pull out of AfghanistanNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - The President spent part of Veterans Day spouting lip service to our vets. Then on the same day announces that he does not accept any of the Afghanistan options, and wil...
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Throw out supporters of health care billNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - The recent passing of HR 3962 is the most irresponsible act of Congress in our history. It is unconstitutional and a real threat to our liberty. It is our moral obligati...
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Adopted children born in the heartNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - November is National Adoption month. This is very important to me because I was adopted when I was just more than a year old. I am now 15 and one of my life goals is to ...
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The business of war is businessNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Mr. Broder's commentary from Nov. 17 references a former secretary of defense and the reason we are fighting in Afghanistan. That reason being "the Taliban rulers welcom...
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Mom's final days treated with dignityNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Our mother, Annabelle Kuhn, passed away recently at Independence Village in Naperville. She was a week short of her 94th birthday and had lived in Naperville for 89 of h...
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Balanced coverage gives lopsided viewNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - A recent news article talked about the GOP candidates' denial of human-caused climate change. Polls report fewer people believe climate change is an urgent problem. I be...
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Our safety more important than moneyNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Ours is supposed to be a government of the people, for the people and by the people, is it not? Yet today we have a president who plans to bring some terrorist prisoners...
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Building bad health system for our kidsNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - What we are doing is wrong. We need to work with the current system, encourage business to become more efficient, not create a "national health" program. Do you really w...
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Wimpy response to prison move patheticNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - I was appalled by the cowardice reflected in the reaction of Rep. Mark Kirk and other Republicans to imprisoning suspected terrorists in Illinois. That the traditionally...
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Dunne should ask questions, BobNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - I couldn't disagree more with 30-year Elgin City Councilman Bob Gilliam's analogy that the city council is like "a family." Apparently he feels that Elgin's "family busi...