Elburn Opinion
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Media helps dumb down of societyJan 10, 2013 3:11 am - Media helps dumb down of society Regarding your “In Memoriam 2012,” I was dismayed at how your publication presented the list of famous people that died in 2012. Th...
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Editorial: Take flu precautions for yourself, othersJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Gesundheit! Now go home. Yes, and get some rest and drink plenty of fluids. And if you aren’t sneezing or coughing yet, your lungs and nasal passages clogged with conges...
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Building next to Arcada wasted buyJan 03, 2013 3:40 am - Building next to Arcada wasted buy St. Charles, under the leadership of City Manager Brian Townsend, is wasting taxpayer funds again by purchasing the building nex...
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Better health care answer to tragedyDec 28, 2012 4:00 am - With the recent tragedy in Connecticut, the words “gun control” are abundant everywhere. I’ll offer an outside-of-the-box idea to the nuts who think gun control regulati...
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U-46 should require high school uniformsDec 19, 2012 3:40 am - U-46 should require high school uniforms Elgin School District U-46 currently has elementary and middle schools using uniforms. At the high school level, students ...
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The SoapboxDec 15, 2012 4:00 am - Thank you, readers: At 90, Walt Meder is still contributing. The driving force behind the Daily Herald’s Hope for the Holidays campaign is just as pleased as we are at t...
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All sides must agree to spend lessDec 14, 2012 3:40 am - This country must learn to live within its means. Congress must rise above partisan politics and do what we all must do — not spend more than we make. Will some people f...
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News judgment questionableDec 14, 2012 3:40 am - I must admit that I am disappointed in recent editions of my Daily Herald paper. In the Dec. 5 edition the headline story at the top of page 1 reads: “Sudanese students ...
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Had enough with code of silenceDec 13, 2012 3:40 am - Never truer words were spoken when attorney Flint Taylor described the city of Chicago’s actions after losing a jury trial against Chicago bartender Karolina Obrycka whe...
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Meningitis outbreak not Tea Party’s faultDec 13, 2012 3:40 am - Ah, the Tea Party did it again. The FDA, short of funding, was not able to shut down a company after 460 cases of fungal meningitis were reported. If the FDA had been pr...