Elgin Opinion
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Money argument doesn’t change truthApr 01, 2012 5:00 am - Regarding morality, C.S. Lewis wrote in the first chapter of “Mere Christianity,” “This law was called the Law of Nature because people thought that everyone knew it by ...
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Get facts on what college student saidApr 01, 2012 5:00 am - I have to ask Jeff Gorden, who wrote about how he would never want his daughters to be like Sandra Fluke (Fence Post, March 17), if he actually bothered to watch or read...
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Critics are hiding their true colorsMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - A Massachusetts elementary school principle at Soule Road School recently renamed St. Pat’s Day “O’Green Day,” to ease the discomfort some students might have. Let’s tak...
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‘After-birth abortion’? What will be next?Mar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The “slippery slope” analogy refers to what seems at first like a minor violation of a principle, that once started can’t be controlled until the person or society ends ...
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Don’t impose English on Puerto RicansMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Have Republicans have lost faith in the proposition that free markets provide the ultimate gauge of useful behavior? How else can we interpret the current bandwagon buil...
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Shame on Cook for treatment of vetsMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you to the members of the Illinois Senate who saw through the Cook County Board’s shameless attempt to deny service to the veterans of Cook County. It is difficult...
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We’re ignoring our great privilegeMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - We are one of a few countries with the supreme privilege of voting for the candidate of our choice for government offices. Why then is it necessary to make it so easy fo...
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U.S. mission in Afghanistan changedMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Does anyone remember why we went to war in Afghanistan? Not many in Washington, apparently. The mission was very clear at the time. It was to hunt down and bring to just...
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Budgets don’t influence assessorMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The township assessor is charged with valuing property fairly and equitably ... PERIOD. Assessing property is complicated, but in the simplest terms, assessments are lar...
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Consider algae as alternative biofuelMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Charles Krauthammer’s March 20 column blasting President Obama’s oil policy was way off base and greatly distorted. Just more Republican bashing of Obama — after a while...