McHenry County Opinion
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Globalization good only for profiteersMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Globalization and "free trade" send good American jobs abroad, which creates unemployment, lowers wages and breaks unions. Downsizing and offshoring cost us our middle-c...
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Early voting idea becomes a successMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - As Illinois' chief proponent of early voting, I applaud the Feb. 26 editorial ("Don't rush changes in early voting") for highlighting early voting's successes and pointi...
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Goudie was wrong in pointing fingerMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The NIU tragedy has hit hard in our family. My son-in-law, oldest daughter and I are all NIU graduates. My younger daughter will be graduating in May from Northern. All ...
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Attacks on Skoien totally unwarrantedMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Recently a group calling itself the United Republicans of Palatine Township posted a full-page ad in the newspaper and sent out a mailing attacking Gary Skoien, the Repu...
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Morask grateful for all supportersMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Words alone cannot adequately express my thanks for your show of support not only at the polls but throughout the long hard road of the last six months. This was truly a...
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Writer dead wrong on 14th AmendmentMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Thomas Tawney is dead wrong when he says in his Feb. 25 letter the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born to illegal al...
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Media could regret Obama fascinationMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The TV show "Commander in Chief" with Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland was one of the best prime-time television programs presented in the fall of 2005. It was so powe...
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Goudie wrong in pointing fingerFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - The NIU tragedy has hit hard in our family. My son-in-law, oldest daughter and I are all NIU graduates. My younger daughter will be graduating in May from Northern. All ...
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Soapbox: Stevsenson debate team's glory daysFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - A familiar refrain is that high school athletics get all the glory while other equally valuable extracurricular activities are ignored by the media. Debate teams usually...
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Briefs: Choppy charter watersFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - The honeymoon didn't last long. One of the main reasons for opening a charter school is to avoid the cost of a unionized teaching force and to have more flexibility and ...