Kane County Opinion
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Unwise retreat in funding researchMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - We turn the key in the ignition, and the car starts up. When our rooms grow dark, we flip the switch, and the lights go on. When we want to relax, we turn on our TV se...
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Harsh rhetoric isn't same as real debateMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Politics has been defined as the art of the possible. This must involve compromise to reach a solution. Unfortunately, many issues in our society will not be solved due ...
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Editorial missed important pointMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Reading your editorial of March 18 prompted me to revisit the Associated Press article about drugs in the drinking water. While your suggestion that people should dispos...
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Looking for orphan train riders, kinMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - In its 20th season, Children's Theatre of Elgin and Fox Valley Theatre Company's founders, David and Peter Akemann, created a story that will entertain and educate its a...
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Saturday Soapbox: Standing up for what she believesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - You can argue all you want about whether Linda Kane, the Central Times newspaper adviser at Naperville Central High School, overstepped her bounds by allowing student jo...
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Teens need to get facts on STDsMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The fact that 25 percent of girls 14 to 19 years old have at least one STD describes a huge problem in our society. As a nurse, I am aware of the trauma that STDs can i...
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Saturday Soapbox: Those ringing phonesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A bill has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that would ban those annoying "robo-calls" from politicians seeking your vote. You have to like this bill, t...
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Get a capital deal done in SpringfieldMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone knows we need a capital bill, and I thank Gov. Rod Blagojevich for trying to get it done. I also thank him for some great ideas in his budget, including that e...
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Dilemma of Iraq: stay in or get outMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Some years ago, we entered Iraq for fear of atomic and biological weapons in the hands of a rogue government. Whether right or wrong, that decision is now history. The ...
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If GOP wants seat back, pick LauzenMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Many of those with political experience in the Fox Valley are working to analyze the results from our March 8 special election to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant by...