Elgin Opinion
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Ask hard questions of court nomineeAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - On Sept. 4, hearings will begin to confirm Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. For the first time in a long time, the possibility of Roe vs. Wade being overturned is ...
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Ignoring historyAug 27, 2018 1:00 am - Thank you for the excellent editorial on the "Not enemies, but voices of the people" and "Servant of the People." I am very pleased to be a subscriber of the Daily Heral...
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What they did to Pooh is not funnyAug 26, 2018 1:00 am - I laughed and I laughed. I remember once a long time ago, when I was eight - I am now in my 80s. - I was sick. It was one of those nonlife-threatening childhood diseases...
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Elgin letter: Census may discriminate against immigrantsAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau may not seem political or imminently relevant to your life, but I can assure it is both. The census helps dictate how federal t...
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Elgin letter: Trump feeds the bad wolfAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - There is a story from the Cherokee, some say it is Navajo, about two wolves fighting. The bad wolf represents greed, hatred and fear. The good wolf represents kindness, ...
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Wolf fightAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - There is a story from the Cherokee, some say it is Navajo, about two wolves fighting. The bad wolf represents greed, hatred and fear. The good wolf represents kindness, ...
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Editorial: Schools need to combat bullying with culture of kindness, respectAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - The motorcycle escort that brought 13-year-old Megan Kuntz to her first day of classes this week was symbolically powerful. Kuntz rode on the back of one of the three-do...
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It's not the press that is the problemAug 13, 2018 1:00 am - In response to Mark Bailey's letter on Aug. 4, about biased news: It's our own bias that causes us to view the press as biased. When the press prints something we don't ...
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Changing times is no argument for gun controlAug 13, 2018 1:00 am - After reading another liberal Second Amendment zealot, I had to reply. To Charles Brown of Naperville: Yes, the Second Amendment was signed in 1791 and no, there were no...
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Editorial: U-46's Nashville trip worth a board reviewJul 30, 2018 11:00 pm - When local governments talk about sending officials on trips to out-of-town conferences or for research, suburban taxpayers may reflexively think "junket" and reach for ...