Lake County Opinion
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Test is not a complete measure of successNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - You're disappointed with the PARCC results. I have a challenge for you. Play teacher and privately assess your staff, in depth, on their abilities on the job they do at ...
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A theftNov 07, 2017 12:00 am - Here's a quote people still should be thinking about today: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft fr...
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Positive stories about the GOP are ignoredNov 04, 2017 12:00 am - Why do the media in general only print or show negative stories about Republicans? On a recent Friday evening, the Lake County Republican Federation gathered at Conway F...
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Hard work, discipline are what's missing at schoolsNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - Sadly, Doug Graham missed the real headline in his article reporting that Lake County school scores dropped. That headline should be, "Despite some of the highest real e...
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Senator's essay offered hope for better futureNov 02, 2017 1:00 am - To those of us who find ourselves politically homeless these days, siding neither with the angry right populists nor the equally angry left progressives, Sen. Flake's Oc...
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Restore sanity to McHenry Co. BoardOct 28, 2017 1:01 am - On Oct. 4, the McHenry County Board Human Resources Committee met to vote on whether countrywide elected officials should continue to accrue pension benefits at the end ...
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The political fallout if we fail Puerto RicoOct 28, 2017 1:00 am - Before the advent of television, during World War II, I would go to the theater on Saturday, at which time the newsreel "Eyes And Ears Of The World" would depict the eve...
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Symbolism over substanceOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - I have lost much respect for professional athletes who "take the knee." "Taking the knee" does nothing to address the problems of injustice, inequity and poverty. It app...
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Symbolism, not substanceOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - I have lost much respect for professional athletes who "take the knee." "Taking the knee" does nothing to address the problems of injustice, inequity and poverty. It app...
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The Bible and the beginning of lifeOct 26, 2017 1:00 am - In response to the recent Your View of "Religious or not, keep minds open on abortion": To the question that the Bible does not specifically speak out against abortion, ...