Palatine Opinion
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Rep. Kirk still votes for Bush agendaDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Mark Kirk continues to misrepresent his constituents. Recently, he voted against the funding bill that called for an orderly and responsible redeployment from Iraq. Thi...
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Why can't school kids sing carols?Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Con...
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Emission bills would impact littleDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Every day, we find global warming stories in our newspapers exhorting us to cut our carbon emissions to save the earth. What's missing is how much we must reduce these e...
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Teacher pay debate rooted in economyDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I find it entertaining to read the letters from teachers defending their difficult job and reasonably high salaries. With all their degrees they hold, they seem not have...
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More trains will hurt BarringtonDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: The Canadian National Rail Corp. has purchased the Elgin Joliet and Eastern RR (The "J') from United States Steel. They want to upgrade the line and incre...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Schools controlled by atheist ideasDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Judging from all the protest surrounding the new moment of silence in Illinois schools, it looks as though Rob and Dawn Sherman have not yet realized the obvious. They h...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Lake County Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Winning Bears: Congratulations to the Lake Zurich High School football team on its Class 7A championship. Winning a state championship -- whether it's football or any o...
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Cook County soap boxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - The secret's out We all like our hometowns, but it's always nice to get validation from outsiders. Businessweek.com is lauding Barrington (25th) and Buffalo Grove (30th)...