Elgin Opinion
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Let's be accurate on movie attendanceJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - Every Monday morning the Daily Herald and most other news sources in the land run a story about how many millions of dollars were spent over the weekend on movies. We br...
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GOP afraid to see Iran arms deal succeed?Jan 02, 2016 11:01 pm - Iran gives up 25,000 pounds of enriched uranium according to President Obama's nuclear deal. The Republican critics are silent as Terhan complies and inspectors verify t...
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Davis: I knew Cougars before they were The CougarsJan 02, 2016 12:00 pm - I was there for Opening Day. Opening day of 1991, that is. It was a raw, blustery April day, and several of us Daily Herald types decided a field trip to see the new min...
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Christmas damaged by political correctnessDec 29, 2015 12:00 am - During World War II, the Nazi party banned the celebration of Christmas. After the allied victory and the rebuilding of Germany, the people once again celebrated Christm...
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ISIS flooding West by posing as refugeesDec 26, 2015 11:01 pm - I don't think we should let Syrian or any other refugees in to the U.S. Take for example, and this is not found in American news papers, so you need to subscribe to ones...
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Your editorial on transgender student is insaneDec 26, 2015 4:11 am - Last Friday the Daily Herald editorial board made an astonishing statement regarding the gender dysphoric teenage boy at the center of the District 211 controversy over ...
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After Paris, more to do environmentallyDec 22, 2015 11:01 pm - Several environmental organizations joined forces Dec. 12 and had demonstrations in DeKalb and Elgin to celebrate the end of the two week Paris climate change talks and ...
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Too many people, finite resourcesDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - The real problem worldwide today is that there are too many people using finite resources. Think about it. Pursuit of energy, air pollution, shrinking water tables, defo...
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Editorial: Find cause of shrinking achievement gap for Hispanics at ECC and spread itDec 16, 2015 10:00 pm - As the Daily Herald's Poverty Achievement Index has borne out, whether in previous standardized state tests or the just-released results of the new PARCC test, there is ...
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Chipping away at moral commitmentsDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - The Kochs, ALEC, politicians (the enablers) and wealthy investors are chipping away at the fabric of our moral commitments to one another. Recently we learned that the K...