Island Lake Opinion
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More nonsense from gun foesSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - So he's at it again. But now Rev. Jesse is taking his anti-gun rhetoric out of the city, and amassing in the suburbs. They found a new victim in suburban gun manufacture...
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Elect Scheurer and get rid of BeanSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The incumbent is at it again in the state's 8th Congressional District: Voting with the Republicans; supporting the Bush regime; voting for warrantless wiretapping; weak...
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Elect Scheurer and ditch BeanAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - The incumbent is at it again in the state's 8th Congressional District: Voting with the Republicans; supporting the Bush regime; voting for warrantless wiretapping; weak...
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Some suicides require coverage, but always with sensitivityAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sad though it is, covering tragedy is a mainstay of daily news reporting. When people are injured or die violently, a wide range of factors come into play to make that n...
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Fans singing for a chance at 7th heavenAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - As a kid growing up in Arlington Heights, Matt Shepardson dreamed of stepping up to home plate at Wrigley Field and launching a Ryne Sandberg-esque home run as C...
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Metra needs money to keep runningAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...
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Save Lake Michigan; Boycott BP todayAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - BP -- another magnificent gift from Great Britain, as bad as George W. Bush and his former rubber stamp, Tony Blair. While our "get re-elected at all costs" state, feder...
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Soapbox: Sickening swims; benefits of publicity?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Anybody but us think it shouldn't take an Illinois Department of Public Health warning to know it isn't wise to let pets cavort in human swimming pools? Yet some pet lov...
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Wanted by disillusioned public: leadersAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - While candidates and pundits wonder endlessly if a presidential wannabe is black enough or woman enough, too Mormon, too liberal or too conservative, voters and taxpaye...
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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....