Elgin Opinion
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Biggest problem is anti-AmericanismMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The sin of slavery is keeping the United States divided in a way many of us have failed to realize, even though we ended that evil almost 150 years ago. In recent years,...
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The consequences of little regulationMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Welcome to the far side of deregulation. Reagan's revolution run amok. Or maybe you believe that the subprime crisis is a result of mere errors in judgment? Not really....
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Cook Co. fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Good to have comprehensive plan Mount Prospect fire officials are to be commended for putting a federal grant to good use, coming up with a comprehensive plan for how lo...
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Fox Valley fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Good deed, bad deed Elgin Mayor Ed Schock and wife, Karen, were trying to help a troubled young woman, taking her in when she had nowhere to go. They were repaid by her...
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So bamboozled that fertilizer is caviar?Mar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I have been sitting here reading stories about Obama's "great speech" on race and racial relations. The speech I saw wasn't great by any stretch of the imagination. One...
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Special election reveals problemsMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - It has been reported that more than 75 percent of registered voters did not vote on March 8. This was a disgraceful lack of respect for freedom and the system that Ameri...
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Attention-getters aren't always what sell newspapersMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We strive for a front page that, rather than concentrating on the lure of death and destruction, is teeming with the activities of real life. ...
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Don't give immunity to the telecom firmsMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - President Bush is pushing the House to pass the Senate version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that gives top priority to retroactive immunity for t...
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No immunity for phone companiesMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Congress must oppose retroactive immunity for phone companies that participated in the Bush-Cheney administration's warrantless surveillance program. Also, it must see ...