Burlington Opinion
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GOP afraid to see Iran arms deal succeed?Jan 02, 2016 11:01 pm - Iran gives up 25,000 pounds of enriched uranium according to President Obama's nuclear deal. The Republican critics are silent as Terhan complies and inspectors verify t...
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Davis: I knew Cougars before they were The CougarsJan 02, 2016 12:00 pm - I was there for Opening Day. Opening day of 1991, that is. It was a raw, blustery April day, and several of us Daily Herald types decided a field trip to see the new min...
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ISIS flooding West by posing as refugeesDec 26, 2015 11:01 pm - I don't think we should let Syrian or any other refugees in to the U.S. Take for example, and this is not found in American news papers, so you need to subscribe to ones...
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After Paris, more to do environmentallyDec 22, 2015 11:01 pm - Several environmental organizations joined forces Dec. 12 and had demonstrations in DeKalb and Elgin to celebrate the end of the two week Paris climate change talks and ...
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Too many people, finite resourcesDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - The real problem worldwide today is that there are too many people using finite resources. Think about it. Pursuit of energy, air pollution, shrinking water tables, defo...
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Editorial: Find cause of shrinking achievement gap for Hispanics at ECC and spread itDec 16, 2015 10:00 pm - As the Daily Herald's Poverty Achievement Index has borne out, whether in previous standardized state tests or the just-released results of the new PARCC test, there is ...
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Chipping away at moral commitmentsDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - The Kochs, ALEC, politicians (the enablers) and wealthy investors are chipping away at the fabric of our moral commitments to one another. Recently we learned that the K...
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Putting their lives on line - every dayDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - My husband and I would like to commend the San Bernardino Police Department for the bravery we witnessed during and after the recent shooting in their California town. ...
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Story on seniors making less today?Dec 12, 2015 12:00 am - I noticed that the Wednesday, Dec. 9, top story concerned the fact that teachers' pension income is more after retirement. In the absence of any clarity in the article, ...
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Pols getting paid for this ego trip?Nov 30, 2015 11:00 pm - Do the sitting governors and senators collect their paychecks while out on their ego trips running for president? If so, there is an ethics problem. Raleigh Sutton Elgin...