Elgin Opinion
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Insure more drivers while reducing gunsJan 04, 2013 4:00 am - One out of four traffic accidents in Chicago involves a motorist with no insurance. One out of five drivers in Cook county has no insurance, causing higher rates to thos...
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Editorial: Need grows for suburban group homesJan 03, 2013 4:00 am - Drive down the streets in Naperville’s Historic District and you will see large, beautiful homes in an idyllic suburban setting. But one of those houses is a home for tr...
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‘Gun Gods’ demand daily sacrificesDec 26, 2012 4:00 am - Can I have an Amen to the two Gun Gods of the almighty Church of the NRA: The Gun Gods that demand that we have daily sacrifices of mothers, fathers, brothers and sister...
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The SoapboxDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Still moving: The tragic case of Elgin High School teacher Carolyn Gilbert, spotlighted through Daily Herald reports, led to state legislation that should make teachers...
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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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Editorial: Disclosure bill misses target of corporate tax reformDec 18, 2012 4:00 am - The desire for open information and the want of a friendly business climate are at odds in a proposal halfway through the General Assembly. The bill would require public...
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It may be too late for our democracyDec 16, 2012 3:40 am - I was told there is a book out about democracies that says that none has lasted more than 250 years. Ours is at around 238 years. The failure comes about because people ...
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Don’t pick on cat foster momDec 14, 2012 3:40 am - Let me see if I understand this correctly. The Village of South Elgin in its infinite wisdom has decided that a person who has devoted most of her life to abandoned anim...
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Editorial: Key lesson of scandals: Hazing is never acceptableDec 12, 2012 8:45 am - As a brief history of hazing examples published in Monday’s Daily Herald shows, incidents of hazing like those at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools are neither...
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Graham, McCain are hypocritesDec 12, 2012 3:00 am - GOP Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain are demonstrating clear hypocrisy be trying to pre-empt the president's nomination of Susan Rice to replace Hillary Clinton a...