Palatine Opinion
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Vote for change, vote for ScheurerJan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - From listening to most of the Republican and Democratic Presidential contenders, one would think that the war in Iraq never happened. It's kind of like the institutional...
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Cook County Soapbox: True human spiritJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Kitty Molander is being remembered these days in Schaumburg. And that's because she certainly will be hard to forget. Kitty died last month after a battle with brain can...
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Obama may regret Kerry supportJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - I can't think of anything more devastating than an endorsement by John Kerry. Then, on second thought, there is Ted Kennedy. Don Carlson Palatine ...
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The state's money management pooJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Don't we all feel great about how our state money is being managed? One day we can read how the state might sell the tollways or lottery because we are in dire need of m...
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Endorsement: U.S. House 8Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The primary ballots are fairly congested in the 8th Congressional District, which takes in portions of Lake, Cook and McHenry counties. In the Democratic primary, we end...
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At times, even conflict can't save a tedious but important storyJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - It was kind of fun to write about the transit controversy for a while. It's not fun anymore. Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Illinois legislature are nothing if not good fo...
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Drastic health care changes unneededJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a fact that 86 percent of Americans now have health care insurance. Why then do some candidates want to drastically change this system to benefit 14 percent at the...
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Dist. 15: Deal fairly with your therapistsJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The occupational, music and physical therapists in District 15 may be small in number, but their value mak...
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Now Chicago's richest geezers can ride the bus for freeJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - "My expectation is that the legislature will approve the governor's proposal for free transit rides for millionaires who happen to be over 65." So said Illinois House Sp...
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Fix flaws in videotaping confessionsJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois' law requiring the videotaping of all homicide confessions is still young, but it is quickly showing that police departments have much to learn about recording ...