Burlington Opinion
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Take a look at who is punished for DUIJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - With all the articles written about the changes in the drinking laws passed in January, I have only one wish, and that is that they would pass the law as enforced. It is...
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There are worse things than abortionJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - I thought Bob Rudny's letter of Jan. 10 calling for a day of prayer on Inauguration Day one of the most ridiculous letters ever written in the history of the written wor...
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Insights into Elgin council candidatesJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - After McCain-Palin lost and "Marine One" whisked "W" off to obscurity, I figured my ears had been exposed to their last discordant malapropisms. Then came Wednesday nigh...
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Israel/Hamas war painted as one-sidedJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - We deplore the rocket barrage Hamas has been firing against Israeli neighborhoods. We also see Israel's military response as disproportionate and unjustified. The U.S. m...
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Economy pundits confuse cause, resultJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - The so-called establishment economic "experts" raised on Keynesian claptrap lament these days about the "paradox of thrift." Based on the fallacious notion that the key ...
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Forget the banks, send us the moneyJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - The government has sent billions of dollars to the big financial institutions that have led us into the current situation. The same institutions are not using the money ...
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What's wrong with being kind to planet?Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - This is in response to Mr. Rob Gunther's letter about global warming on Jan. 19. I understand that he is a skeptic and that there are many people who feel the same way a...
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They sound nice but strip freedomsJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to complement Timothy Schmidgall's Dec. 30 "A different world without Bill of Rights." I would like to add my comments. When Congress writes bills they alw...
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Paper should stop partisan rhetoricJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - It seems to me that the Daily Herald used many denigrating phrases in its "Letter to Illinois' new senator." Such as: "you joined league with a manipulative governor and...
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Renaming road a waste of moneyJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - I am disappointed whenever our state lawmakers take a current road, street or highway and decide to rename it, as it is not being a good steward of our Illinois tax doll...