Batavia Opinion
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Demand more of students, teachersMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - I am amazed and appalled that in order to have students do well on tests, the answer is to make the tests easier. If, at Harper College, 50 percent of incoming students...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Fox Valley fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Good deed, bad deed Elgin Mayor Ed Schock and wife, Karen, were trying to help a troubled young woman, taking her in when she had nowhere to go. They were repaid by her...
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Attention-getters aren't always what sell newspapersMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We strive for a front page that, rather than concentrating on the lure of death and destruction, is teeming with the activities of real life. ...
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Both parties are guilty of spendingMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The value of our dollar in the global market declines daily, which drives up the price of some imported goods, such as oil, where the exporter doesn't know what the valu...
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Unwise retreat in funding researchMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - We turn the key in the ignition, and the car starts up. When our rooms grow dark, we flip the switch, and the lights go on. When we want to relax, we turn on our TV se...
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Saturday Soapbox: Those ringing phonesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A bill has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that would ban those annoying "robo-calls" from politicians seeking your vote. You have to like this bill, t...
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Obama, Rezko story shouldn't be buriedMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - In a world where the media is coming increasingly under attack for having a secret liberal agenda, I find it both ironic and sad that one of the biggest stories in Illin...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...