Elgin Opinion
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The SoapboxApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - Creative solution: It might have been tempting in the throes of budget cuts for Indian Prairie Unit District 204 to just scuttle its middle school soccer program. Instea...
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Don’t let ‘em ruin postal serviceApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - It seems quite apparent that the United States Postal Service’s upper management is in league with the philosophy of the Republican Party — misguided. Why? Unbelievable,...
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Obama’s words on religion confusingApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - According to a news story, President Obama is upset that many folks think he is a Muslim. He claims that, in reality, he is a Christian. He blames this on Fox News. I d...
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We need a higher power to guide usApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - Mr. Robert Harrison, this is in response to your March 24 argument that supports use of contraceptive methods and debates the Catholic Church’s unwillingness to sanction...
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Military policy led to attack on civiliansApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - About the March shooting in Afghanistan, I feel this incident is not a case of one “bad apple” but the effect of a continued U.S. military policy of drone strikes, night...
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There’s plenty right about news mediaApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing in response to Al Haak’s complaint (Fence Post, March 24) that the news media do not give equal coverage to President Obama’s “gaffes.” I have to point out ...
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Tax cuts for wealthy led to huge deficitsApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - It is absolutely amazing to me that the talking heads on Fox News can get so many Americans to believe trying to raise top marginal tax rates to increase revenues is “re...
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Who pays when mortgages default?Apr 07, 2012 5:00 am - Homes in the U.S. have lost a third of their value, impacting home equity loans or second mortgages. When homes default because homeowners are not making their mortgage ...
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Hold on expansion of judicial centerApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - The economy tanked, the jobless rate is intolerable, people lost homes, the numbers of homeless and poor increased and Illinois is broke. Judges, whose salaries increase...
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Tyranny masked in health care law?Apr 07, 2012 5:00 am - Many years ago (around 1997) the makers of Bic Pens ran a contest offering a free college education for the best essay of 50 words or less on the value of a college educ...