Crystal Lake Opinion
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Duffy will rein in state spendingSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We write to you today to let you know why we need Dan Duffy, who is running for 26th District state senator, in Springfield. Dan has been a longtime friend of ours. He r...
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Writer sees reason for claims of biasSep 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with great interest the opinion page article, "The politics of blaming the media." If the media was fair, there would be no reason for anyone, regardless of their...
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Convention bling is off-puttingSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - While Americans are struggling with many different problems, Cindy McCain appears at the convention wearing almost $300,000 worth of jewelry. What better way to empathiz...
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Universal health care not a panaceaSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently you published a letter from a lady in Elgin in support of universal health care. Her opening sentence is that every industrialized nation but the U.S. has a sys...
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'Democratic view' is not 'news'Sep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - In the midst of news items on sept. 2, the daily herald places an editorial from democrat politician dan hynes. his sophomoric attempt to blame all national challenges a...
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Don't leave job in hands of 'learner'Sep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - I found the letter printed in a recent Herald from an Elgin reader most interesting. It was titled "Experience doesn't equal effectiveness." The writer then goes on to a...
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President's business is our business, tooSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Letter writer Kathleen Parker feels our presidential candidates' belief system is none of our business. I completely disagree. In a world where morality is defined by te...
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Don't let hot buttons dictate policySep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - It is interesting how $4-a-gallon gasoline can motivate public policy changes. Energy costs, addictions to foreign oil and conservation efforts have been ignored for too...
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Why didn't priest get as much time?Sep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's see, according to an AP report on Aug. 23, this guy Vargas gets a 35-year sentence for sexually abusing kids, but Daniel McCormack was sentenced to only five years...
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Time to play hard ball with bad guysAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - If the experts can use the term "so called" on the war on terror, then I can infer they are "so-called" security analysts and jump in the fray with my report. At the ris...