Kane County Opinion
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District 204 needs to change courseMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Next month, it will be three years since voters told Indian Prairie School District 204 "NO" to the idea of a third high school. But the district, undeterred by the vot...
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Fox Valley fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Good deed, bad deed Elgin Mayor Ed Schock and wife, Karen, were trying to help a troubled young woman, taking her in when she had nowhere to go. They were repaid by her...
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How do you end a war that isn't a war?Mar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. John McCain promises to win the "war" in Iraq if elected president. The only problem, as I see it, is that it's not a "war." Today, there is no trench warfare. Ther...
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American Legion has the right approachMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The American Legion policy on illegal immigration can be found on its Web site. Secure the borders and other points of entry. Employ and train a sufficient number of U.S...
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How, exactly, do we make such demands?Mar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - How do we, the people, demand? Your editorial rebuke, "Until they (the public) demand - and public servants of character deliver - proof of how the rules are being chan...
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So bamboozled that fertilizer is caviar?Mar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I have been sitting here reading stories about Obama's "great speech" on race and racial relations. The speech I saw wasn't great by any stretch of the imagination. One...
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Glad that Obama is talking about raceMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone is upset about Barack Obama and his pastor. Upset about what? That he spoke about our country having race issues or the fact that he actually brought it up? An...
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Fighting the copy-cat syndrome in the age of instant messagingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Bomb threats. Suicides. Gang names. Things we often, as a matter of course, don't write about. The reasons are all intertwined. Someone who gets his jollies causing a ru...
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Headline could be misinterpretedMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Headline could be misinterpreted The headline atop an Associated Press article on March 19 in the DuPage edition of the Daily Herald grabbed my attention. It read, "Past...
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This feud is about illegal immigrationMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Village President Bill Sarto is trying to get Trustee Paul Humpher ousted from his elected position because of his domestic feud with his wife, asking the Kane County st...