Kane County Opinion
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Can only post nine commandmentsMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Almost every week I receive an email from one of my conservative Christian friends with a rant about some perceived injustice and a call for the Ten Commandments to be p...
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What is right on would-be bomber?Mar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Umar Farouk Abdulmatallab, the underwear bomber, was thwarted by the passengers of NWA 253 from blowing up the plane and killing more than 288 passengers and crew. Presi...
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Insurance, but little elseMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - What are you doing to us, Mr. Obama? All you seem to care about is insurance. We are no longer working, but we'll have insurance. We are losing our homes and have no pla...
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Teens: Write and be heardMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - How often do teens step up and write to a newspaper? I can guarantee that I'm one of the few that even reads more than the comics, at least in my school. Most of the peo...
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What really goes on in inner-city schoolsMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - In response to Ruben Navarette's "Flunking in education" column, I can say as a retired teacher from the inner city of Chicago that Mr. Navarette has no idea what goes o...
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It's time to wake up and fight backMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - I was sleeping. I'm over 50. As I look back on over 30 working years, I now realize that, with all of the taxes that I've paid (state and local income tax, real estate t...
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Letting parents save school programsMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - School boards are taking it on the chin these days, with meeting after meeting in which irate parents and sincere students beg that their favorite academic or extracurri...
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Getting out is key to child developmentMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - The Leave No Child Inside Consortium of the Greater Barrington, Deer Park, and Lake Zurich Area is thrilled to see the Daily Herald support the need to get children outs...
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Iran leader's ideas centuries old?Mar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - "Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war?" (Isaiah 36:3). King Sennacherib of Assyria taunted King Hezekiah of Israel with this question many centuri...
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Elgin's dog law shortsightedMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - It is disturbing that the City of Elgin has chosen to treat law abiding dog owners like criminals. The ordinance is so severe that the average person will be unable to f...