St. Charles Opinion
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Thank a WWII vet while you still canMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Beginning with the Revolutionary War in 1775 and up to the present moment with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, American casualties both dead and wounded in all major c...
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Poppies represent blood of soldiersMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I am a member of the VFW and was asked to help sell poppies for Memorial Day. I agreed as I have in past years. On Friday I stood by our main post office from 8 a.m. to ...
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Want my vote? Vote for reform - nowMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - To my representatives in the state legislature, the only ones for which I have the opportunity to cast a vote for or against in future elections, Rep. Ramey and Sen. Mi...
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Educate kids on sexual orientationMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover was an 11-year-old middle school student at the New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, Mass. Carl was perceived by his classmates to be ...
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Government exists only to protect usMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The May 5 Daily Herald was "Obama focuses on overseas tax loopholes." This is an article on ending so-called offshore tax breaks, or at least it is what the newspaper w...
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Established parties won't get reform doneMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - The time is now to call for a change that Illinois needs. However, it will not be through the current legislators, as the Daily Herald would like to see, as stated in it...
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We should follow Japan's leadMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Charles Crouse, in his letter in the April 25 Daily Herald, is off target. He would have us believe that the "housing crisis" was caused by President Bush, homebuilders ...
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How can Obama change the rules?May 06, 2009 11:00 pm - I wish someone would explain to me how the current White House administration can change a ruling on interrogation techniques that the previous administration deemed acc...
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Be careful stewards of public's trustMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - One newly elected mayor fired the help. One new trustee almost swore in frustration. Other newly elected leaders took the helm far more quietly this week with pledges t...
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Do we really own what we own?May 03, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the first acts Italian dictator Benito Mussolini did when he came to power was to seize control of and nationalize the banks. Several U.S. banks have tried to ret...