Island Lake Opinion
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Herald should back Stevenson studentsJan 02, 2010 10:00 pm - The about-face taken by the Daily Herald editorial board took two days. Your Dec. 17 editorial "strongly urging" Congress to pass The Free Flow of Information Act is a s...
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Can't afford to cut career, tech fundingJan 02, 2010 10:00 pm - In the next decade, a large percentage of jobs in Illinois - 41 percent - will be at the "middle skill" level, requiring more education than a high school diploma but le...
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Don't become homeless on weekendJan 01, 2010 10:00 pm - I have a suggestion for people about to become homeless - wait until Monday. Recently, my husband and I had two acquaintances who unexpectedly had become homeless litera...
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Ignore labels, hold them accountableJan 01, 2010 10:00 pm - I have to wonder as I'm sitting watching the headlines, reading the newspaper and listening to talk radio: Does America have an adequate political system anymore? Do the...
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Couple's story brings hopesJan 01, 2010 10:00 pm - It was encouraging to hear how David and Angela Johnson's lives have turned around. It turns out I work with David. I thought I recognized him from the picture. He is a ...
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Debate policy, but skip name-callingJan 01, 2010 10:00 pm - In a recent edition of the Daily Herald, I read in amazement a letter to the editor "Obama much bigger threat than Osama." At first, I thought my bifocals needed an adju...
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Does Gore know that joke's on us?Jan 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Al Gore is such a kidder. First, as vice president, he announced to the world that he invented the Internet! Now that was funny. This year, an English court has forbidd...
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More spending is not the solutionJan 01, 2010 10:00 pm - In yet another blatant display of ignorance, inexperience and arrogance, President Obama proudly proclaimed that our government would have to spend its way out of this r...
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Abortion argument close to slavery'sDec 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Harry Reid's comparison of the current "health care" debate to the slavery issue offended me. He has a point, however misguided. The Democrats opposed the end of slavery...
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Obama spews fantasy, not factsDec 31, 2009 10:00 pm - On this auspicious occasion I hate to bring our government into any conversation; however, as I mentioned months ago, Obama will not stand still until he gets his (note ...