Campton Hills Opinion
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Yard signs no sign of qualificationsOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The number of yard signs for the upcoming judicial race is astounding. Is this, however, the best way to judge a candidate? When it comes to the office of judge, experi...
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Obama hasn't been tough on PalinOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Kick Miller writes that Sen. Obama shouldn't criticize Gov. Palin. If all this writer were concerned about is civility in campaigns, I would have no problem. But there ...
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Make health care mandatory for allOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Recent letters about universal health care offer little about the real problem or any practical solutions. As a health care consumer for over 50 years and a provider for...
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Double-digit raises? Not now.Oct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It's funny how quickly things change. In a matter of days, many of us have gone from a mindset of simple belt-tightening to life-changing shifts in when we plan to retir...
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Batavia schools must limit spendingOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Last April the Daily Herald published an article about how the cost of gas was hurting school budgets. At that time I wrote to you to inquire how Batavia schools was abl...
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U.S. should return to consumption taxOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - There is a great deal of talk these days about the financial industry "meltdown." Much of it is plain blather. There are three entities in the picture: 1) Congress, the ...
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High school flag allegation not supportedOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - On Aug. 29 Batavia played St. Charles East in the first football game of the season. Articles written about the game in the Kane County Chronicle and the Daily Herald qu...
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Pampered pets point to skewed prioritiesOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, I was struck by the disparity between two articles in the Daily Herald. The first one was Dave Heun's column on the Salvation Army and their social services pr...
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Biblical literalism, politics don't mixSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As political parties woo the so-called "evangelical" voter, and as society continues to deal with a brand of faith based significantly on Biblical literalism, we should ...
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Do we really know Barack Obama?Sep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - All that glitters isn't gold. Sometimes it is fool's gold. Obama's resume is thin. He has really accomplished very little, except that he speaks well. He has very questi...