Kane County Opinion
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Sometimes-ugly health fight worth itDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - While being widely vilified, navigating a sea of distortions and lies told by opponents and repeated endlessly by the media, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid and ot...
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Ladies, don't wait until you're 50Dec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Regarding the new guidelines for getting mammograms, let me just say this: Throughout my 30s and 40s, I routinely got a yearly mammogram just because. I didn't have a fa...
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Support for the president's effortsDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - I think what President Obama is doing is great. More people will have access to health insurance and get the care that they deserve no matter what kind of income they ha...
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Young people know need for changeDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - As the 15th Conference of Parties in Copenhagen draws near, increasing attention is being given to climate change by the media. While countries are making pledges on wha...
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Urge Manzullo to support health billDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - It is with much sadness that I have learned that Congressman Manzullo has caved in to the severe pressure of special interest groups by not voting for this recent histor...
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Let's stop talking and do somethingDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - There are three kinds of people in this world: Those who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened. We need to stop wondering ...
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GOP must condemn this kind of prayerDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Where is the real Republican leadership? The anti-Obama right wing conservatives are at it again. This time they are slapping bumper stickers on their cars and wearing ...
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Get serious about fixing youth prisonDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - It's hard to stomach, but rather easy to see, how the St. Charles youth prison got to be in the shape it's in today. While Illinois policy makers were busy courting seni...
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Still waiting for an answer, congressmanDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - While the health care debate continues to rage on in the Senate, I still have not received an answer to a question I posed in a letter to Rep. Bill Foster the day after ...
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Government prayer a long traditionDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald article on Nov. 24 "Prayer before local meetings?" surely will create a firestorm. The Freedom From Religion Foundation needs to get a life. Bark up som...