Round Lake Park Opinion
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Teach facts, not views on creationFeb 23, 2011 11:00 pm - As a physics professor and taxpayer, I was appalled to read your Feb. 14 article “Candidates: Teach creationism in science classes” about the Fremont school board electi...
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District leaders not putting kids firstFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - In the Feb. 16 Daily Herald, the spokesman for Maine Township High School District 207, Mr. Dave Berry, stated “it’s difficult to know if the assumptions are going to be...
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The diversity in our neighborhoodsFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The numbers tell a dramatic story. In DuPage County, the white population has actually fallen in the past 10 years, a decline of 6 percent, according to the U.S. Census ...
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The Soapbox: Good citizensFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - Fearing retribution, witnesses sometimes keep quiet about gang-related crimes. Residents of an apartment complex in Prospect Heights deserve credit for steering police t...
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You can make dent in $14 trillion debtFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - When your credit card hits its $2,000 limit, the credit card company generally responds not with a firm letter telling you to stop spending more money than you make, but...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...
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Law unfair to home schoolingFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - State Sen. Edward Maloney, a Chicago Democrat, has introduced SB136, which would require non-public school students to register annually with the state. This would affec...
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Rollback would benefit insurance companiesFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - The Affordable Care Act provides Americans with more freedom and control in their health care choices. It gives families freedom from worrying about losing their insura...
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Fight to stop medical potFeb 15, 2011 11:00 pm - Illinois must not become the 16th state to legalize medical marijuana. Legalization of medical marijuana in Illinois would contradict the position taken against l...
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Health care repeal would be setbackFeb 15, 2011 11:00 pm - Congressional Republicans, intent on health care repeal, claim to speak “for the American people.” Yet, the GOP repeatedly ignores current polling showing that only 18 p...