Northbrook Opinion
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Standardized tests need a second lookDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - A problem with today's school system is that too much value is placed on the standard tests given each year. I think the importance of standard testing needs to be re-ev...
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Thanks for help on slippery roadDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to thank the good samaritans who stopped to help when I slid off the road on Big Timber Road in Elgin the evening of Dec. 9. First, thanks to the people in ...
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Now is the time for Americans to step upDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - "Yes We Can." Not "Obama Can." How many of us feel that our great nation is losing its luster? How many of us look to the government to solve our problems? We Americans...
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Don't be afraid to say Merry ChristmasDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Thank you Harold Knudsen of Arlington Heights for your letter about Christmas. You put it all so nicely. I for one, along with my family, am thankful that someone finall...
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Once is enough for charity requestsDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - In researching our annual donation list I was amazed at the number of requests we received from certain charities. The top numbers were shared by the ASPCA (10), America...
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Collect what state owed before cuttingDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - I worked in credit and collections for 20 years, and we used to have a saying: "If you owe it, pay it!" I've often wondered why Illinois does such a lousy job of collect...
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Seals was right on bailoutsDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - In an October 2008, editorial, in which the Daily Herald chose not to endorse Dan Seals for Congress in the 10th district, you faulted him for saying he would have voted...
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E-mails are sure to tell a storyDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - The Bush administration, on exit from their offices said, "No e-mails were missing." Now, are you foolish enough to believe all of the other panderings the last eight ye...
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Don't tell us new tax is related to healthDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - This so called sugar "sin" tax has really got my blood boiling. How stupid do they think the average citizen is? If this government was really so concerned with our heal...
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Truth is coming out about warmingDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - For the last few years, anyone who dared dispute the so-called consensus of human-caused climate change has been labeled a denier, a flat-earther, or an anti-science buf...