Palatine Opinion
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Teachers should not be allowed to strikeSep 20, 2015 1:00 am - Spoiled: Once again, our spoiled and greedy teachers want to go on strike, and for, what else, more money. What other job is there, that you can make between $60,000 an...
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Pain of losing dog doesn't diminishSep 11, 2015 1:00 am - Today, Sept. 11, marks 37 days since our dog Digger escaped from the boarding facility in Palatine we had entrusted to watch him with our two other dogs, while our famil...
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We must close birthright loopholeSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - Those who support the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship (jus soli) are extremely short sighted. I too am repulsed by Donald Trump's loose, emotional blathering o...
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State can show leadership on climateAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - Recently the EPA finalized the rules for reducing carbon emissions from power plants. Known as the Clean Power Plan, it is long overdue given the seriousness of our ever...
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Deal will seal Obama's legacy all rightAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - Neville Chamberlain can now rest in peace. He has been replaced as the worst negotiator in modern times by the inept, incompetent, and self-important John Kerry. This ho...
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The icons of youth are changingAug 22, 2015 1:00 am - Life back when? Remember when there were no computers, cellphones or McDonald's? There were party lines, fields of corn, outdoor movies and car hops? Girls wore dresses ...
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Maps drive can do something big for IllinoisAug 04, 2015 1:00 am - In her Daily Herald op-ed of July 22, Cynthia Canary, the new executive director of Independent Maps, makes an excellent case for meaningful change in Illinois via legis...
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Trump, Roosevelt comparison wrongAug 02, 2015 1:00 am - In a recent column, Kathleen Parker, in her zest to pick the low-hanging fruit of a Donald Trump candidacy, wrote that Trump is "a bit like Teddy Roosevelt." She went ...
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The threat to consumer protectionAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - A recent letter to the editor suggested that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's credit card tracking devices - data mining on mortgages, student loans, bank acco...
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Consider impact of strike, lockoutJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - All faith traditions speak about the most vulnerable in our community, so the negotiations between the governor's office and state employees causes me grave concern. Th...