Algonquin Opinion
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Health care a moral, not ideological issueNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - I congratulate U.S. Rep. Bill Foster for his courageous vote on health care reform, thus placing people ahead of profits. There is no doubt the country is deeply divided...
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GOP wrong on health careNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - I was watching CSPAN on Nov. 7 listening to the lies the Republicans kept repeating about this health care reform bill. I moved to McHenry County four years ago and the ...
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U-46 students should pay to playNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - U-46 should take a lesson from the other area schools and increase participation fees. If you look at some of the private schools, you will see their athletic fees are a...
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Hey, politicians: Drop the mudNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Are any of you out there in TV land sick and tired of the political commercials coming across our TV sets? It seems like it was just yesterday we had a national election...
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VA is helping to combat ALSNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Many readers may recall that the Veterans Administration mistakenly sent a letter to thousands of veterans earlier this year informing them that they had been diagnosed ...
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Don't lose sight of bigger issueNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - In your Oct. 14 front page article about Geneva consumer education teacher Dave Burk, who questioned public funding of a gay black man taking nude pictures of another ga...
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Saturday SoapboxNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Big Loser no more: Among the 800 runners and walkers in the sixth annual Cantigny 5K race in Wheaton was Julio Gomez, a contestant on this season's "The Biggest Loser" ...
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Don't downplay threat of fluNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - On Oct. 29, WTTW ran a documentary of the WWI pandemic flu that swept the globe. It was a very sobering portrayal of the possibilities of sweeping death, with bodies in ...
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Seniors don't get it for freeNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I have read and watched the debate on health care closely. It appears that a family of four pays on average $14,000 annually for a decent policy, or about $3,500 per per...
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Fence Post writer has me all wrongNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Let a writer dare suggest that the mainstream media is no longer liberal, but in fact has a conservative bent, and angry rebuttals are sure to follow. That is the case w...