Carpentersville Opinion
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Soapbox: Elections, all the timeFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - A lot of pundits said Barack Obama was getting into the race too early last year. And, we all know how that's turned out so far. Now, the trend seems to be catching on i...
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Soapbox: Great opportunity for Big HollowFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Big Hollow Elementary District 38 voters supported the district's call to approve the Feb. 5 referendum to inject much-needed cash into its schools. Now, they want to kn...
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Nothing unclear about definitionsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Let's start by defining what issues are being raised in Elgin and the rest of the United States regarding the illegal immigration controversy. First, let's define the tw...
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Lessons learned at NIU come back to the foreFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jim Davis, NIU Class of '77. B.S. in Journalism. Frankly, I hadn't been thinking about that a lot lately. Until this past week. In that time, I thought more than once of...
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Not illegal, but the words still do hurtFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - In response to Ms. Dinkheller's Feb. 6 letter defending Association for Legal Americans as being against only illegal immigrants, not all Hispanics, I strongly disagree....
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Why can't outsiders follow entry rules?Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to Al Kirkland Jr.'s Letter against the Association for Legal Americans. Illegal is simply that. It's unlawful, unauthorized. Why can't illegal alie...
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Lawyers advocating breaking of the lawFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - With all of the letters written against the Association for Legal Americans by local lawyers, my question to them is, "What about the word 'illegal' don't you understan...
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It's not racism to want laws enforcedFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - What do prejudice, hate or racism have to do with illegality and the will of the people? When my house was broke into, that was illegal entry. The United States of Amer...
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Fund closure reflects lack of appreciationFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - In 1935, someone in Elgin was kind enough to start a shoe fund for needy people. In 1935, my family of 13 children moved to Illinois from Minnesota. My siblings and I ma...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...