Inverness Opinion
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Who will do the right thing on Clinton?Feb 13, 2016 12:00 am - I was raised to be respectful of everyone and every group unless given reason to doubt their honesty and/or integrity. I remember being especially proud of being an Amer...
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Editorial: We all benefit from programs like Harper's 'Promise'Feb 09, 2016 10:00 pm - Harper College still has a ways to go before it fully delivers on its promise of free tuition to any high school student who meets certain grade-point and attendance cri...
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Endorsement: Alvarez slow on police shooting; we back FoxxFeb 06, 2016 1:00 pm - The national debate over shootings by police in the black community erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, a year and a half ago with the death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Br...
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Maybe president could have cut costs on vacationJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - Since Obama says we should close GITMO because it costs us millions of dollars to house terrorists there, perhaps he should consider other means of reducing excessive co...
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Longtime community champion's contributions overlookedJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - Well, Daily Herald, you've done it again! In a recent Neighbor section's "They Made a Difference" article, you once again missed the opportunity to give recognition to ...
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Editorial: Boards squelch dissent, distort record when they pressure for unanimityDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - There is order. And then there's order. The good people who have been elected to the school board in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 believe in order. They perm...
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Editorial: With transgender decision made, time for understanding in District 211Dec 11, 2015 12:00 am - It takes real courage for an 8th grade student to come back to school after summer break as a different gender. And it takes parental love to recognize that the transiti...
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It's a disservice to airbrush historyDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - It seems that hardly a week goes by without somebody calling for the renaming of an institution, highway, or park because the prominent person it honors held a view that...
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More Muslim leaders should condemn violenceNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Great editorial "Fear leads to hatred, hatred to anger" in the Nov. 20 edition. As you said, what we need is "..more moderate Muslims like Akram [an imam for one of Ch...
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Tax increases are wrong for Cook CountyNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Last Wednesday, the Cook County Board passed its 2016 budget, which is balanced by over half a billion dollars in new taxes. I voted NO. Next year, you will pay more to ...