Schaumburg Opinion
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Sensationalism drives measles hysteriaFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - "Outbreak raises many more fears than Ebola." Really? Are you kidding me? You're telling me that people are more afraid of measles than Ebola? I am 58 years old. I ca...
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Pipeline vote shows hypocrisy of GOP promisesFeb 07, 2015 12:00 am - Now that Republicans have majorities in both houses of Congress, they can start to carry out their promise to propose legislation that helps the American people includin...
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Outcry over portrayals should apply to allFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - In his Jan. 19 letter, Ted Pacut of Bloomingdale asks, "How would we like it if, say, Russia made a movie with a look-alike President Obama and a plot to kill him? Freed...
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Cut pensions to fix pensionsJan 30, 2015 4:30 am - If our Illinois elected officials really want to show a commitment in helping to lower the unfunded pension crisis, they can pass a law that all past and present elected...
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Editorial: Let's keep contracts out in the openJan 30, 2015 4:01 am - Rosemont has gotten a lot of publicity lately, but it isn't the only town that would prefer not to disclose financial information regarding its entertainment and convent...
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Key question about tax reductionsJan 29, 2015 4:00 am - Although I've been voting in all general and midterm elections in the past half century, during the last 35 years I've carefully scrutinized them, discovering that Democ...
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The same old giveaway mentalityJan 26, 2015 12:01 am - In his State of the Union address, President Obama was in full campaign mode, and he reprised several of his recurring and tiresome themes: promoting class warfare and i...
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The Soapbox: Red light cameras and mall improvementsJan 23, 2015 10:00 pm - Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. Some don't. This is Saturday Soapbox, briefly stated commentary from the Daily Herald's editors.
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Free tuition plan just an election ploy?Jan 20, 2015 12:01 am - Believe me I'd be all for paying college tuition for deserving students IF government (city, state or country) wasn't so far in debt and could truly afford to do so. I...
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Why another cover article on heroin use?Jan 18, 2015 12:01 am - The Daily Herald ran an enlightening and lengthy (seven-part) series in 2014, covering the rise of heroin in the suburbs, the lives it has tragically impacted, the use o...