Kane County Opinion
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Bill would require inappropriate history lessonsMay 07, 2018 1:00 am - History helps us understand past events that shape our present. We learn about people who influenced society for better or worse. History class can inspire students to a...
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Let's just be better votersMay 06, 2018 1:00 am - Thomas Hobbes, one of the great world authorities on governance, describes a world of unrelenting insecurity when a country is without a government to provide the safety...
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Racism still a force in AmericaMay 05, 2018 1:00 am - Many individuals, including some in the media, put up the argument that racism is no longer a factor in our society. After all, didn't we elect an African American as pr...
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Political gamesMay 04, 2018 1:00 am - In the April 23 Daily Herald, a story of the new tollway chief was written. I do not know how stupid Chairman Robert Schillerstrom thinks the people of DuPage County are...
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Library apologized for the wrong thingMay 03, 2018 1:00 am - Once upon a time, librarians were vocal opponents of censorship. Libraries were depositories of literature of various points of view. One could check out Mein Kampf from...
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Yes, you can be anti-abortion and pro-choiceApr 30, 2018 1:00 am - Bravo and thanks to Kim Cavill for her excellent insight on abortion. She well illustrated the bottom line, behaviorally, on why abortions should remain legal, and justi...
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Plenty still want to hear from ClintonApr 30, 2018 1:00 am - I was disheartened to read Raleigh Sutton mansplaining why Hillary Clinton should "stay at home and leave us alone." I am actually interested in what Hillary Clinton has...
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Editorial: The expensive risk College of DuPage has placed on taxpayersApr 28, 2018 2:00 pm - It was almost three years ago that we warned that the College of DuPage Board was risking the public's money in what we described as its "obsessive and oddly venomous" f...
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Maybe we should seize repeat drunk drivers' carsApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - The front page of the April 24 Herald depicts the mug shots of Christopher Clingingsmith and his 12 driving arrests from 1987 to 2018. That's 30 years. It would not be p...
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No, ERA would not hurt womenApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - Let's start by actually looking at the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Section 1 says "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United St...