Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Muslim community too silent on 9/11Sep 13, 2013 5:00 am - On the 9/11 anniversary, I looked forward to statements of support from the moderate Muslim community in America and condemnation of their radical brothers who committed...
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Caught in red-light merry-go-roundSep 10, 2013 5:00 am - If you live long enough you may incur what I call the “Mikado syndrome.” As in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta it must be “a source of innocent merriment” to someone a...
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Give a thumbs up to your crossing guardSep 10, 2013 5:00 am - You see them in the mornings, at lunch or after school, holding up a familiar sign and waving schoolchildren by. They are a part of our everyday lives during the school ...
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Price must be paid for chemical weapons useSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - As a Vietnam veteran, I have seen the results of war up close and personal. The impact of war is indescribable to those who have not seen it. As a result I absolutely ab...
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Conventional warfare can be equally destructiveSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - After 100,000 deaths in the Syrian civil war, why has this government now entered the fray after suspicions that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons to kill ...
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Voting is key to solving problemsSep 07, 2013 5:00 am - As a retired classroom teacher, I compliment the Obama and Quinn administrations for being motivating factors to increase insightful thought and deeper analysis of polit...
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Editorial: School funding key in dealing with poverty levelsSep 04, 2013 5:00 am - It’s always best to find the silver lining in news that on first blush may be less than ideal. So it is with a report in Tuesday’s Daily Herald that poverty rates in 83 ...
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Action would speak louder than wordsSep 03, 2013 5:00 am - With regard to K. Wagner's Aug. 16 letter criticizing the “hypocrisy” of Wal-Mart and the Walton family, I am reminded of something my mother often said to me during my ...
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Put end to construction ‘union tax’Sep 02, 2013 5:00 am - The Daily Herald regularly reports on issues important to our community’s workers. This Labor Day, I would like to highlight individuals whose work is on display every d...
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Stop the killings in America firstSep 02, 2013 5:00 am - Why can and will our federal government get involved when there’s senseless murders of innocent people in other countries (for example, Syria) but it can’t or won’t when...