Burlington Opinion
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One too many 2nd Amendments?Aug 02, 2016 1:00 am - Americans are apprehensive about committing our soldiers to a shooting war outside our borders but it would seem that we're engaged in one right here, where our homeland...
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Elie Wiesel's legacy to Elgin and elsewhereJul 27, 2016 1:00 am - Last year I spoke to a class at Elgin High School. They were all immigrants. They were reading their first book. In any language. Not "Cat in the Hat." Not "Dick and Jan...
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Important to attend county budget meetingJul 23, 2016 1:00 am - In Kane County, we have taken enormous strides to construct budget/taxation transparency and accountability. I am firmly in favor of continuing our five-year county gove...
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Replace 3 stooges with public servantsJul 19, 2016 12:01 am - You can only watch The Three Stooges for a short time before the eye pokes, dope slaps, head bonks become tiresome. That's what we have in Springfield with two Leprecha...
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GOP, NRA OK with weapons for terroristsJul 16, 2016 1:00 am - Like President George W. Bush stated, "You are with us or you are against us" and it is obvious that the Republicans and the NRA have chosen to be against us, the Americ...
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Who are the real welfare moochers?Jul 11, 2016 1:00 am - Conservative politicians condemn the use of taxpayer money for the poor, disabled and seniors. They insist on being "fiscally conservative" and they'll even demonize the...
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Risk war, economy? Stay with Trump.Jul 10, 2016 1:01 am - Most all the "real" conservative Republicans that have called Donald Trump a con man, a fraud, a liberal, a bigot, a buffoon, a carnival barker, ill prepared and divisiv...
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Think of families who played by rulesJul 08, 2016 12:01 am - Recent front page articles have shown the plight of a family recently deported. Seemingly lost is the fact that this family was here illegally. Our country built on imm...
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Assault weapons key in Revolutionary WarJun 24, 2016 12:00 am - I was just wondering. Didn't the homeland patriots of the American Revolution use the "military style" "assault weapons" of their day? Thank goodness they did or we Amer...
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Could Cubs, Trump triumph in same year?Jun 23, 2016 12:01 am - A person is unlikely to see one miracle in their lifetime, much less two. But 2016 is no ordinary year and the possibility exists that we will all be viewing multiple ph...