Lake County Opinion
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The moral value of compromiseMay 10, 2012 11:42 am - In response to the April 17 letter “Why the Catholic Church has it right.” the relevant issue is not the moral authority of the Catholic Church. The moral teachings of a...
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Comic strip is no laughing matterMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - I resent having simple minded political propaganda on the comic page. “Stone Soup” is neither witty or deep, it is just a mindless insult. I believe your subscribers are...
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Respect the laws in racial casesMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and others of their ilk must have worn out a number of mirrors as they daily prepare to be front and center to any camera they can find record...
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Restaurant showed how good business worksMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - It has been our family tradition for the last few years to buy fried chicken as part of our Easter family dinner from a well-run fast food restaurant in Lake Zurich. Sin...
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An objective test for news biasMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald’s Opinion page editor, Jim Slusher, recently wrote a column defending his paper against readers’ accusations of media bias. Like others, I feel that his...
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‘New reality’ applies to legislators, tooMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - In his April 23 letter to the editor, “Will we cut benefits for lawmakers, too?” Mr. Roger Thomas Seely points out how, in a “new reality,” benefit cuts to the Teachers’...
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Schools wise to use social media — with limitsMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - We’ve used this space before to urge school districts to set policies regulating social media use between faculty and students. Such policies protect students from harm ...
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Three cheers for electric aggregationMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - The village officials and staff that successfully undertook the task of municipal electricity aggregation should be commended one and all. For the benefit of over a quar...
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Enact disincentives against red meatMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed a cigarette tax hike and linked it to health benefits. He said, “We’ve got to use our heads here. We ought to use this strategy to get revenu...
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Class warfare already alive and wellMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Let’s see if I understand the thinking of my Republican-Tea Party friends. If we extend the low interest rates on loans to students — who, by the way, need them because ...