Carpentersville Opinion
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Press is protection against corruptionSep 25, 2019 1:00 am - In a recent letter to the editor Mr. Laszlo Stephan all but accused the press of being traitors in their investigation of Donald Trump and his administration. Well, I ha...
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Trump dithers on Iran policySep 24, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump, the great master of the deal, has stumbled his way to the brink of war with Iran. He has no clear policy or objectives, as far as I can tell, on ...
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Left has overtaken the Democratic PartySep 22, 2019 1:00 am - I am 69-years-old, born and raised in a Chicago Democratic household. I am finding it hard to identify with the party today. The ultra left wing liberals have taken cont...
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Trump distractionsSep 19, 2019 1:00 am - I read a fellow Elginite's submission in the Sept. 15 edition. He bemoans the amount of infrastructure work needed in this country. How do you expect Trump to concentrat...
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State needs to do its part to save the beesSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - People have been destroying ecosystems for generations now and that will catch up with us in an extinction event if we don't change our selfish ways. Now, we threaten po...
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The link between morals, gun violenceSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - Yet another letter is blaming gun violence on a lack of moral values in this country. These letters all appear to be written by conservatives. Let me ask them this: Do m...
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Christian values?Sep 16, 2019 1:00 am - When I first thought about responding to Fred Dryden's letter published on Sept. 7, my first thought was to ask which biblical values and then point out some of the horr...
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Trump is the swampSep 16, 2019 1:00 am - Foreign governments, Republican PACs and congressional Republicans are spending millions at Trump's hotel in Washington. AG Barr decides to have a party at the same hote...
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Trump has had to do everything aloneSep 15, 2019 1:00 am - Congrats to Paul Saam on his letter of Thursday, Sept. 12. I agree that the Democrats have done nothing for me for the last 3½ years and now want my vote. We need bridge...
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Give fireworks a rest after the FourthSep 09, 2019 1:00 am - As I was sitting on our porch Sept. 1, I was able to listen to fireworks exploding for maybe one half-hour. I'll have to admit that it was only intermittent, but still …...