Barrington Hills Opinion
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Manufacture Apple products in AmericaMay 13, 2012 4:40 am - If Apple is such a great American company, why is it producing electronic gadgets in China? Is paying workers at Foxconn slave wages and dodging taxes really the best co...
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Elgin High students help make historyMay 12, 2012 6:40 am - During the first week of May, the lovely grounds of Old Main were transformed into a time long ago in Early Elgin. Activities put in place by the Elgin History Museum in...
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Refine oil on our side of the borderMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Build a refinery on this side of the Canadian border. The president is against a costly pipeline from Canada to the Gulf area. With a refinery on this side of the border...
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Blessings of liberty must continueMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - One of the purposes for forming our Constitution as written in the Preamble and attributed to Gouverneur Morris was that of “securing the blessings of liberty to ourselv...
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Bible-based beliefs not always preciseMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Welcome to our chauvinistic world. All four recent letters about abortion and contraceptives were written by male contributors (except one). All seem to be religious exp...
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All women know real-world problemsMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - I have a question for Ms. Hilary Rosen, a senior Democrat strategist. Since stay-at-home mom Ann Romney is not qualified to speak for “working” women since, according to...
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The SoapboxMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Just talk about it: We echo the message court and medical leaders gave to parents at a forum about the dangers of underage drinking and drug use. “We have to talk to our...
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Liberal bias is showing in HeraldMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Liberal bias is showing in Herald Your front page story by Dann Gire and Jamie Sotonoff reported comments by Ted Nugent about his rants against the Supreme Court an...
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Cigarette tax hike is solid legislationMay 11, 2012 3:17 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposal to fund the Medicaid program by increasing the cigarette tax by $1 per pack is poised to be one of the greatest achievements of his administrat...
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Wars funded; what about post offices?May 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Due to the privatization craze to which both major political parties have succumbed, the U.S. post office in Rolling Meadows will be closing on May 25. But rest easy kno...