Carpentersville Opinion
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How to clean out skunksJul 30, 2018 1:00 am - I'm writing with further aids to rid your yards of skunks … easy and relatively cheap, too. I've had skunks take up residence under our shed, which is raised off the gro...
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There's a difference between law, justiceJul 30, 2018 1:00 am - The current fiasco on immigration is a perfect example of law versus justice. Immigrants from Mexico have been welcomed to the United States since the 1940s and before. ...
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Pruitt's legacyJul 29, 2018 1:00 am - Scott Pruitt is gone and we can all breathe easier if only he hadn't legislated against clean air. So how about a toast with bottled water? No can do. He deregulated res...
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We can't function with Trump as presidentJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - I loved the op-ed by Sen. John McCain in a recent edition of the Daily Herald. When he said President Trump and President Putin "seemed to be speaking from the same scri...
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Global warming is real and we caused itJul 22, 2018 1:00 am - It's time to cover anthropogenic global warming because it's real and we caused it. The evidence is irrefutable. Our use of fossil fuels has changed weather patterns and...
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National legislation on climate neededJul 21, 2018 1:00 am - Reading the article "With incentives, solar energy's good for environment, business in Lake County" on May 27 regarding the positive impacts of the Future Energy Jobs Ac...
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Foster care very different from immigrationJul 21, 2018 1:00 am - The Michael Reagan article "Why no tears for U.S. kids who suffer?" on the Opinion page of the Daily Herald July 10 missed an important difference between children in fo...
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Advice for the presidentJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - Dear President Trump: I am 83 years old and married 50 years to one of God's wonderful creations. (I think you may have one, too.) First: Pick a venue, large with big c...
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Want to fix immigration? Enact a lawJul 01, 2018 1:00 am - Civics Class 101. The legislative branch legislates, writes laws. The executive branch executes, enforces those laws. The executive branch cannot write laws. Only the le...
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College is right to use less-costly laborJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - Many of those traveling on Route 31 in Elgin a few weeks ago had the unpleasant experience of seeing three blind mice and a rat. The inflatable rat stood 10 feet tall an...