Palatine Opinion
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Soapbox: Great opportunity for Big HollowFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Big Hollow Elementary District 38 voters supported the district's call to approve the Feb. 5 referendum to inject much-needed cash into its schools. Now, they want to kn...
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Concealed carry safety is a fantasyFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Some people say we need to let college students have the right to carry concealed weapons so that they can protect themselves and others. Here's a possible scenario: Dea...
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Goudie's column missed the pointFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Chuck Goudie's column about the NIU shooter ("There were many red flags," Daily Herald, Feb. 16) focuses on the wrong problem. It wasn't that no one noticed that the yo...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...
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Church immorality is issue, not scienceFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Pope Benedict recently called for the prohibition of artificial insemination outside of the body, adding it to the growing list of scientific practices the church says "...
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Control guns to control violenceFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - With the NIU shooting, there have been four school shootings in the U.S. in just the past week. Yes, four. When are we as a civilized society going to do something to co...
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Afghanistan is an unwinnable warFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - I'd like to add to James Prescott's excellent recent Fencepost letter dealing with the stupidity of our war in Afghanistan where he pointed out that the Russians tried f...
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Hillary Clinton goes to schoolFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Only in America can we have this much fun. Hillary Clinton goes to a primary school in New York to talk about the world. After her talk, she offers a question time. One...
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Clemens case shows how 'whodunit' can supercharge a storyFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - As a high school journalism teacher many years ago, I tried to prepare students who cared little about current events and would never want to work for a newspaper to at ...
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Accountability key in Dist. 54, but so is fairnessFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Accountability. Accountability for student learning. Accountability for providing a quality education within a balanced budget. These ideas are not new to School Distric...