Palatine Opinion
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Islam hasn't even existed 5,000 yearsAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - You should inspect the accuracy of facts in letters to editor. Inaccuracies make the newspaper look bad. Example, Daily Herald, Aug. 12, "Our troops, not pols, are the h...
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Olympics is more politics than sportAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Those who contend the Olympics are about athletic sport and not politics don't want to look beyond the pageantry and ruin the magic, much like a child who will "believe"...
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A new minority group is emergingAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - This election year may see the emergence of yet another minority group. This group is male, not female. This group is white, not black. English is this group's first lan...
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Will fingerprint checks be reliable?Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - We all heard that TSA takes fingerprints at airports on arrival of visitors to U.S. and we depend on its results, hoping criminals will be caught. We had different expe...
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Goodbye Ginny, and thank youAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Virginia B. Macdonald was a dear friend and mentor of mine for many years. After the Goldwater defeat in 1964, Ginny was the glue that held the conservative Republicans ...
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Too bad about Alemars RestaurantAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The other day we had a bite to eat at Alemars Restaurant on Dundee Road and the owner told us the restaurant is going out of business on Wednesday. Because of the econom...
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Keep 911 for true emergenciesAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Remember when we, the public, were told that calling 911 was only reserved for dire emergencies? Well, that does not appear to be the case any longer, at least not in th...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook and Lake countiesAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Out-of-the-box thinking It will be interesting to see how Palatine's unorthodox approach to dealing with stormwater pans out. The village has started a pilot program to ...
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Each company can make a differenceAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to your editorial, "Our View: Community service calls on all of us" (Aug. 4). In the Northwest Suburban area, there are many companies that reali...
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Is it unpatriotic to oppose the war?Aug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Is it unpatriotic to oppose the war? A while back, I was having a rather heated discussion, via e-mail, with an acquaintance who is a devout right-wing conservative. He ...