Prospect Heights Opinion
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Editorial: We all benefit from programs like Harper's 'Promise'Feb 09, 2016 10:00 pm - Harper College still has a ways to go before it fully delivers on its promise of free tuition to any high school student who meets certain grade-point and attendance cri...
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Endorsement: Alvarez slow on police shooting; we back FoxxFeb 06, 2016 1:00 pm - The national debate over shootings by police in the black community erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, a year and a half ago with the death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Br...
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Donating blood is easy - and has perksJan 22, 2016 12:00 am - I read in a recent Daily Herald about Mr. George Serena who donated his 160th pint of blood at Lifesource. Good for him. I made my 178th donation several weeks ago. Actu...
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Yes, there was Christmas during WW IIJan 07, 2016 12:00 am - Daily articles appear in the media like the one written by Mr. Robert A. Vlazny and published in your paper on Dec. 29. He stated that the Nazis banned the celebration ...
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Climate pact is ruse for wealth redistributionJan 05, 2016 12:00 am - Over the course of the past several years, there have been numerous opinion letters attempting in various ways to prove or disprove the reality of man-made global warmin...
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Trump will take care of terrorism problemDec 31, 2015 12:00 am - If ISIS, al-Qaida, or any other terrorist organization decides to attack the United States or the West, they better do it in the next year. Because once Donald Trump bec...
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Trump's answers too simpleDec 24, 2015 4:12 am - Political pundits and most of the GOP are aghast at Donald Trump's latest proclamation, banning Muslims from entering the US. Many thought this was the tipping point an...
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Editorial: Restart talks over crossing guards in Dist. 21Nov 29, 2015 10:00 pm - After months of deliberations, it comes to this. When they get back from winter break, kids who live on the Cook County side of Buffalo Grove and who walk to their eleme...
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Religious extremists are not all alikeNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - In his letter of Nov. 20, James Prescott laments that in the wake of the recent Paris "incident," the news media stepped-up their badgering and criticism of Barack Obama...
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Tax increases are wrong for Cook CountyNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Last Wednesday, the Cook County Board passed its 2016 budget, which is balanced by over half a billion dollars in new taxes. I voted NO. Next year, you will pay more to ...