Kane County Opinion
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We're better than barbaric tortureJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Bob Lowth of Arlington Heights begins his May 17 letter to Fence Post with the following statement: "I'm always amazed when I read people who assume individuals that ar...
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Moral arguments tired in abortion debateJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Although columnist Cal Thomas seemed somewhat conciliatory toward President Obama's approach to abortion policy, he persisted in reciting many of the tired ideological a...
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Another reason to nix township governmentJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - As a village trustee for East Dundee, I attended the May 19 Dundee Township board meeting at the request of a few individuals who were to petition the board for permissi...
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Lawmakers: Follow kindergarten rulesJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - To the Illinois legislature: As a senior citizen I object to being used as a political pawn in this futile chess game called politics. I'm tired of the veiled threats, b...
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Ban on same-sex marriage costs allJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Thomas Jefferson said, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." The Californi...
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Plans to fight foreclosure crisisJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I wish to commend and thank the Daily Herald for its coverage of the home foreclosure crisis facing so many of our fellow Fox Valley residents. Most of my friends and ne...
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Nepotism isn't 'in the best interest'Jun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Some of the antics out of Springfield and Chicago through the years have clearly dismayed us. But a little town nestled in the Northwest suburbs may have just raised the...
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Health care ills not just private sector problemJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - After reading Alfred Kirkland's letter on health care May 3 I feel compelled to address the errors in his so-called reform of health care. The need for real reform is ob...
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Catholic missionaries deserve more creditJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - It is about time we give credit to the Catholic missionaries in Africa, Asia and Latin America who are at the bedside of those infected with AIDS and leprosy. One only f...
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Closing Guantanamo doesn't make senseJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Why is President Obama pressing to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba? We have more than 200 al-Qaida members, Taliban members or just declared haters of America im...