Kane County Opinion
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Hospital mission threatened by cutsJul 13, 2015 1:00 am - In 1902, The Sisters of the Sacred Heart arrived in Elgin with a clear mission: to provide compassionate health care for the most vulnerable citizens - the poor and the ...
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Editorial: Even in austerity, keep priority on youth mental healthJul 12, 2015 11:00 pm - When it comes to discussing funding for addressing the mental health needs of Illinois youth, we have to be realistic. The outlook for advances, perhaps even for stabili...
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Wars that were worth fightingJul 12, 2015 12:00 am - So Georgie Anne Geyer tries again to second guess all wars since World War II. So Vietnam was a post-colonial war? Of course we were trying to replace the French. We wer...
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Blame Democrats for budget impasseJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - Democrats are responsible for Illinois budget stalemate. Democrats submitted a budget that has spending far exceeding revenues. Democrats could have reduced spending t...
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Bill offers hope to disease sufferersJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) at the age of 10 months. Since the diagnosis 16 years ago, every day has been a struggle to keep Luke's blood glucose lev...
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Why would criminals obey gun laws?Jul 09, 2015 12:00 am - Mr. Blackwell believes more gun laws would have prevented the recent killing of nine people in a church. Why would criminals obey more gun laws? A firearm is a tool, it ...
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Why focus on a flag and ignore guns?Jul 08, 2015 1:00 am - So, please help me to understand something. A young boy goes into a church in South Carolina armed with a gun and the intent of killing people. He sits through a Bible s...
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Remove Rebel flag from all state landJul 08, 2015 12:00 am - The terrorist attack on black parishioners at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has rightfully initiated a call to remove the Confederate flag from state ho...
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What $12 million would do for DetroitJul 08, 2015 12:00 am - Congress did it again, gave Obama a freer hand in trade talks. We need more free trade talks, remember the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 that was going to ...
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Include a solution with budget gripesJul 08, 2015 12:00 am - I've been reading for many weeks now about how no group or organization wants to give up their piece of the pie to balance the budget. A lot of residents feel we should ...