Medinah Opinion
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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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Students first line of defense against hateDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - Over the past several months the Republican front-runner Donald Trump has made many incendiary comments. He suggested that a Black Lives Matter protester "maybe deserved...
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Violence is more than black vs. whiteDec 18, 2015 11:01 pm - So, where are protesters and exhibits of outrage over the coldblooded senseless murder of an innocent 9-year-old boy on a desolate Chicago alley? Black versus white is n...
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Class size solution: Home schoolingDec 17, 2015 11:01 pm - You recently printed a story on the front page about how public school educators are looking to technology to solve the problems that large class sizes present. As you k...
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Give immigrants a chance to be AmericansDec 17, 2015 11:01 pm - Over the last few weeks there has been many letter writers, pro and con, commenting about limiting or restricting immigration from particular parts of the world or of a ...
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Why do pols fail to act on gun control?Dec 17, 2015 11:01 pm - I have seen photos of some of those killed in the San Bernadino mass shooting. I am overwhelmed with sadness seeing those faces and taking in how their lives were abrupt...
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Put Christ back into ChristmasDec 17, 2015 11:01 pm - While Christmas has been celebrated for many years, the U.S. Congress declared it a national holiday and on June 28, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed it into law....
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Pay attention to history, not beliefsDec 16, 2015 11:01 pm - Judy Arenas Nov. 19 and Terry Spangler's Dec. 15 Letters to the Editor both have it wrong. This country was founded on "Separation of Church and State." They came from E...
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Dec 16, 2015 11:01 pm - What if students were told to wear cross for a day? Isn't the Vernon Hills High School "Walk a mile in her hijab" as featured on your front page on Dec. 10 a violat...
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Refugees should go to Middle EastDec 16, 2015 11:01 pm - I cannot for the life of me figure out why people in this country oppose improved background checking for Muslims wishing to come to this country. It's obvious that the ...