Crystal Lake Opinion
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Leave cursive instruction aloneSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I found your article about teaching cursive writing to our youth in the public schools very interesting, indeed. Having taught and served as principal in two schools in ...
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Community college a valuable resourceSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - History has told us that as the economy sours, more and more people turn to their neighborhood community college to regroup, retrain and look for new careers. And that h...
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Moved by paper’s 9/11 coverageSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I was dreading the rehash of the 9/11 tragedy that propelled our country into a decade of disastrous wars, but the Daily Herald anniversary edition corrected my mood. Yo...
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Never understood purpose of townshipsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Having read all about the salaries of our township supervisors, I am still highly confused about the purpose of townships. They are definitely entities that have not one...
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No wrist slap for insurance defraudersSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - I read with great interest the article about chiropractic clinics defrauding insurers. I really hope that the doctors involved don’t get off the hook by claiming they di...
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Don’t blame tea party for this messSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - In rebuttal to Chrisi Vineyard’s Aug. 21 letter, she presents all the Democrat “War Room” talking points as if sent by the Democratic Central Committee, the exact twiste...
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Alternatives needed to tea party puppetsSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - The tea party understands what every gangbanger does — be rude to, over yell and over talk, those you want to intimidate. They know if you ignore the rules of order, dec...
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Where does cancer research money go?Sep 06, 2011 1:00 am - Virtually a day does not go by when you will read or see on TV a request for money for cancer research — walks and carwashes and outright begging for funds for cancer re...
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Illinois ethics laws need teethSep 06, 2011 1:00 am - Recently, Legislative Inspector General Tom Homer wrote members of the Illinois General Assembly urging action to put some teeth into the legislator ethics laws. Homer s...
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Pro-life/pro-war belies hypocrisySep 03, 2011 5:00 am - While anti-choice proponents profess to value life, it is only as a fetus, after which the conservative or right wing group opposes life survival social programs, care f...