Kane County Opinion
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Control gun violence with practical ideasFeb 13, 2013 3:40 am - Control gun violence with practical ideas I have been reading many of the comments on the gun control issue and find that we need to get less emotional and more pra...
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Editorial: School conference costs reflect need for restraintFeb 12, 2013 1:50 pm - Life is full of choices, especially when it comes to spending money. They are the kinds of decisions most of us make every day on one level or another. Should we buy a ...
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Let Hobby Lobby go about its businessFeb 12, 2013 3:40 am - Let Hobby Lobby go about its business The U.S. Constitution states,”Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exer...
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Two definitions of ‘illegal’ in IllinoisFeb 12, 2013 3:40 am - Two definitions of ‘illegal’ in Illinois This is a follow-up to a Feb. 26 Fence Post regarding “Illegal Immigrants should not drive.” I agree with Ernie Lasse; sham...
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Forgot the tally in United StatesFeb 12, 2013 3:40 am - Forgot the tally in United States Victor M. LaPorte’s letter in the Fence Post dated Jan. 27 said that in the 20th century more than 56 million defenseless people w...
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Editorial: Yes to school shooting drills, no to mandateFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - In the 1950s and ’60s, the teacher would tell kids to take cover under desks when the siren signaled an air raid drill. Fifty years later, teachers lock their doors, dar...
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Find better approach to spending cutsFeb 10, 2013 3:40 am - Find better approach to spending cuts Robert Meale’s letter, “Three myths about the debt ceiling,” suggests that it is unnecessary to raise the debt ceiling since ...
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Time to fight theft by taxationFeb 10, 2013 3:40 am - Time to fight theft by taxation I see where the always hungry lion is hungry once again, as evidenced by his mighty roar. “We’ve got to tax more, we are always out ...
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The SoapboxFeb 09, 2013 4:00 am - Acronym of all acronyms: Congressman Brad Schneider of Deerfield introduced his first piece of legislation this week: the American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retrainin...
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Such a wasteful presidentFeb 09, 2013 3:40 am - Such a wasteful president I am disappointed in our president to ask us citizens to cut back on spending and he took two flights to Hawaii for Christmas and had all ...