Burlington Opinion
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All first-graders should learn second languageMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Not enough students in Elgin learn a second language. However, to prevent this, I believe that learning any second language should be made mandatory for first- graders i...
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Established parties won't get reform doneMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - The time is now to call for a change that Illinois needs. However, it will not be through the current legislators, as the Daily Herald would like to see, as stated in it...
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Ethics plan took gutsMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Today, more than ever, our state is wearing a black eye created by dishonest politicians. As we celebrate the victory of our own Barack Obama, we are punished with the i...
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Credit bill of rights not strong enoughMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The House of Representatives recently passed legislation that it generously called the "Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights." Just what will it do? It will "eliminate sud...
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How can Obama not change rules?May 11, 2009 11:00 pm - I have reread the entry from Kathy Garrett on May 7 a half dozen times now and every time it leaves me shaking my head: "... explain to me how the current White House ad...
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Part D doesn't provide savingsMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - In a letter published in the Daily Herald April 27, the executive director of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Illinois was ecstatic about the great success of Medic...
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Volunteering ... selfless or selfish?May 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I had a free lunch on April 30. The Gail Borden Library was honoring volunteers with a luncheon. For the second year in a row I was recognized as having volunteered the ...
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Flu hysteria much ado about nothingMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - People tend to be lemmings. Once again the media has the masses of people worked up into a hysteria over the killer swine flu. Emergency rooms are overrun with people wh...
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Be careful stewards of public's trustMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - One newly elected mayor fired the help. One new trustee almost swore in frustration. Other newly elected leaders took the helm far more quietly this week with pledges t...
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Government threatens our very sovereigntyMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Never have I been reminded more of the wisdom, "I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet." First, our own government leaders allowed our nation ...