Woodstock Opinion
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...
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Movie deceptive against scienceJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The film, EXPELLED (Fencepost 5/5) is a sleazy movie filled with propaganda, hyperbole and inflammatory rhetoric. The Christian organization, Reasons to Believe, cannot ...
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...
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Scrapbook time of year for parents is good news for us allMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Individually, graduates may be experiencing the raw ache of 'last times' for so many activities, but collectively, they remind us of an important cycle of life When you ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fox ValleyMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Schools can help as well as educate A good school district is central to a community in providing education and guidance for students. In times of crisis, a school can a...
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Bean's actions not backing wordsMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean emailed me stating her support for border security. But I'm trying to figure out what she means. In an e-mail she states, "I believe it is imperat...
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Recall rejected, but the people still have a tool to reform governmentMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Franks is a Democrat from Woodstock I was first elected to the Illinois General Assembly in November 1998, the same day George Ryan was elected governor. In my almost 10...
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Funding cuts fall hard on those seeking jobs in McHenryMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Wolff is assistant director of the McHenry County Workforce Network Although McHenry County is not the only county in Illinois, or the country, to experience a declinin...
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Saturday Soapbox: Entertaining or embarrassing?Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The New York Times last year gave the nation at large a glimpse into the immigration debate that had been strangling Carpentersville. And now, with a few keystrokes, you...
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Let the people vote on recall measureApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Earlier this month, we used this space to express our measured support of a recall amendment to the Illinois Constitution that has been proposed by state Rep. Jack Frank...