Kendall County Opinion
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Haboob stirs up Anti-Arabic sentimentJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - It seems that some residents of Arizona are having some difficulty with the recent sandstorms in that state. Actually not with the storms themselves, but with the name “...
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Give riders better warning for trainsJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - At 12:37 p.m. July 10, Metra failed to notify waiting passengers of the Union Pacific West Line from Elburn to Chicago to board the train. The scroll message board only ...
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Failure of long march to socialismJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - So let me get this straight. If we permit politicians, this time the Democrats, to increase the debt ceiling, which really is no ceiling at all with the ease and frequen...
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Hughes has been a Sugar Grove leaderJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - The Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce & Industry was saddened to learn of the dismissal of Sugar Grove Library Director Beverly Holmes Hughes on July 14. Beverly, as an el...
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Nothing fair about ‘fair trade’ pactsJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - Proposed “fair” trade agreements with Panama, South Korea and Colombia are an extension of NAFTA, which already has cost the U.S. millions of jobs. Why do you think corp...
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Were GOP serious on deficit reduction ...Jul 27, 2011 5:00 am - The GOP, including tea party supporters, professes concern about spending and budget deficits, but the real objective is to weaken and obstruct the economic recovery in ...
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Who really runs the country?Jul 26, 2011 5:00 am - Picking up on the Michele Bachmann news story, I wonder how many feel as I do: The sitting president does not run the country. Mostly they are the front men anointed by ...
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Handling of Social Security is mob-likeJul 26, 2011 5:00 am - FDR introduced Social Security; participation was voluntary. It was put into an independent trust fund, not a general operating fund. LBJ moved it to a general fund dur...
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Video gambling will be boon for townsJul 26, 2011 5:00 am - The Daily Herald’s recent editorial and news coverage on gaming failed to acknowledge the benefits of video gaming for Illinois, including how it will bring significant ...
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Moms teach lessons of perseverance in face of tragedyJul 26, 2011 5:00 am - The loss of a child is devastating, unimaginable. And if the death is violent, or senseless, it is that much harder to comprehend. One way some suburban mothers are deal...