Wauconda Opinion
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Stats show troops not wise, necessaryAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Gen. David Petraeus is waging war on two fronts: One in Afghanistan, and one in the media. He's trying to persuade us that we're in Afghanistan to protect civilians. The...
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Ground zero wrong place for mosqueAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I was furious upon reading that our president gave tacit approval to the ground zero mosque by reminding us that the constitution protects property rights and freedom of...
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Thanks for helping man walking his dogAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - On behalf of my family, I wish to thank all of the Good Samaritans who came to the aid of my husband last week. While walking the dog, the leash became tangled around a...
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Tell officials no on golf outingAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - On Aug. 26, the Lake Villa Assessor will host on behalf of the Lake County Township Assessor's Association (LCTAA) the Annual LCTAA Golf Outing. While these type of even...
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Let's celebrate progress, not retreatAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Between World War II and the 1980s our enemy was foreign in nature. Now our enemies are ourselves. We are pitted against each other. There are the have and the have-nots...
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Dold doesn't hold candle to SealsAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Was Dold's campaign "exposed" within the 8/15 article, "Post Comments On-Line?" Not really. Every campaign wants to get the word out as cheap and easy as possible. In D...
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Embrace technology warily in schoolsAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Remember feeling embarrassed to see your teacher outside of school, when you dodged to another aisle in the store to avoid an awkward conversation? From a teen perspecti...
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Marriage not an unalienable rightAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to Eugene Robinson's editorial exalting the work of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in finding California's Proposition 8, which sought to ban ...
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Horse-boarding critic misstated factsAug 15, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to Jim Hammond's letter (July 26), I'd just like to say that some people have no sense of irony. And some people are "spin doctors." When Mr. Hammond quotes ...
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Chimps served well, deserve better fateAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - At the Holiman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, N.M., something terrible is happening. There are 200 chimpanzees that are retired from the space program after serving 50 ye...