Barrington Hills Opinion
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Threat to Israel is unacceptableMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - I am an 86-year-old World War II veteran, and I believe that Iran seeks to finish the “job” that Hitler began in the Holocaust by committing genocide of Jews. The only d...
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We all end up paying for itMar 23, 2012 5:40 am - Apart from constitutional and moral issues, Barack Obama’s edict that everyone be provided contraception and abortion and insurance companies will cover it is no differe...
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Why we’re losing the education battleMar 23, 2012 5:00 am - The March 4 article on the U-46 “grade-in” demonstrates several of the problems and the Elgin teachers union’s backward solution to them. An experienced kindergarten tea...
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There’s still place for Santorum’s viewsMar 23, 2012 5:00 am - With regard to the March 4 editorial (Our View — Primary 2012), I would like to take exception to the statement “Santorum (former Sen. Rick Santorum) would turn back the...
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Obama should take action on gas pricesMar 23, 2012 5:00 am - It is obvious that this administration either doesn’t have a clue what do about the escalating gas prices or just don’t have the political will to act. Since President O...
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Celebrate individualityMar 22, 2012 5:39 am - I believe that people need to be more accepting of others. We are making a lot of progress as a country toward accepting people who are different, but there is still so ...
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Furlough legislation not strong enoughMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - Your editorial in the March 11 edition that discussed the reduction of pay for state legislators was misleading. The pay reduction comments were most likely grounded in ...
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Free birth control for poor neededMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - I applaud President Barack Obama for facing the need for birth control. Single-parent homes are unable to support a family. Welfare and food stamps are a strain on the f...
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Reduce the rate of global warmingMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - I think most of us will agree that our earth is surrounded by a thin fragile atmosphere which we live and breath in. It has a finite amount of volume and is similar to a...
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Little choice, but some options, on golf courseMar 21, 2012 11:34 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District Board finds itself in a political sand trap over its decision not to build a golf course at the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve. T...