Kane County Opinion
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Fair Tax Act needs passage right awayOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Ron Petrucci's Sept. 24 letter addressing Charles Firth is right on a number of points. We have been running more than an $800 billion trade deficit. That can't go on fo...
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Soapbox: Just keep this in mindOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - We understand why students were offended by author Sherman Alexie's use of a racial slur, sexual innuendo and language that offended disabled students and their teachers...
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Facts of abortion must be understoodOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The Sept. 18 letter to the Fence Post by Jeff Biss, regarding the proposed Planned Parenthood clinic, is incomplete. When talking with my friends, I find there are as ma...
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Soapbox: Tough (and caring) guys wear pinkOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a fact that has taken on poignant meaning at Fremd High School, where football players Matt, Drew and Adam Mertes rece...
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High school could face a bumpy rideOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - On Sept. 20, the Daily Herald featured an article headlined "Atheist's daughter takes own stand at school." Miss Sherman voiced her youthful opinion regarding the remova...
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Just declare victory, bring troops homeOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Should the U.S. begin an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq? Even the leading Democratic presidential candidates are refusing to say they would have all of the com...
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The continuing war causes problemsOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - I have a strong disturbance with the war that is still going on in Iraq. This war has been going on way too long and has not been going anywhere. We are killing hundreds...
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Why no scrubbers on new state plants?Oct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - In this day of national and international scientific concern about climate change and global warming, why is Illinois proposing at least five new conventional coal-fired...
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GOP could stand to review Coolidge's principlesOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - WOODSTOCK, VT. -- The Wall Street Journal reports that Republicans may soon lose the votes of some economic conservatives. In part, it's because of the unending war and ...
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Time to enact the USA COWARD ActOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - With our nation-building experiment in Iraq not exactly going according to plan and our troop surge not exactly getting the desired results as yet, I would like to submi...