Palatine Opinion
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Bartell right about illegal immigrantsDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: Although I am not in the State Representative 66th District, I am very impressed by Laura Bartell. She has a strong fiscal understanding and would do well...
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Smokers are not free to share smokeDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - "Smoking ban cuts personal freedom" (Daily Herald, Dec 22). I can't believe the Herald still prints letters with nothing to offer but some smoker's archaic argument in ...
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Decade of looking the other wayDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - I would like to nominate this decade, the 2000s, as the Look-the-Other-Way Decade. Of course, we all remember the Me Decade and the Not-Me Decade. Welcome to the Look-t...
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Secular arguments against abortionDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Every year about this time it seems our papers are littered with stories such as the recent article by Barbara Muehlhausen entitled, "Religion Shouldn't Control Abortion...
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I'll go ahead and say it: 'Christmas'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Warning: If you are politically correct, please skip this column. This is a story about Christmas. I figure it's OK for me to actually write that word Christmas since it...
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What about people with allergies?Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: In regard to the article about the golden retriever helper dog not being allowed into the Wheeling restaurant, I believe the manager did the right thing. ...
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CIA tries to do what's best for U.S.Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Maybe the CIA is covering up the interrogation of terrorist suspects, I don't know. But I believe they are trying to do what is best for this country. People like Sen. T...
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Saturday Soapbox: Leaf-burning decision anti-climacticDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - After years of study, plenty of discussion and a full community survey, North Barrington's long-delayed decision this week on leaf-burning was a bit anti-climactic. Trus...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...
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War will leave Iraq a much better placeDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - We have been at war with Saddam Hussein for 16 years with U.N. approval and our Congress because he invaded Kuwait and would have gone into Saudi Arabia for complete con...