McHenry County Opinion
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Look to Oberweis' charity work, tooSep 30, 2014 5:01 am - A little-known fact about Jim Oberweis, U.S. Senate candidate in Illinois, is his work with kids in Illinois. His Oberweis Foundation sponsors activities and helps kids ...
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A plan to undermine the middle classSep 30, 2014 12:01 am - A plan to undermine the middle class Pivotal election issues are unions and collective bargaining to represent liable livelihoods and safe working conditions to res...
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Editorial: School case a wake-up call on reporting sex-abuse suspicionsSep 29, 2014 11:00 pm - People entrust their children to teachers every day and expect more than lessons in math and English. They expect - no, they demand - that teachers watch over children a...
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Vets overlooked in ALS discussionSep 28, 2014 12:01 am - Vets overlooked in ALS discussion I am very pleased to see all the attention ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, has been receiving lately. What seems to be missing from the...
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Saturday Soapbox Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. Some don't. This is Saturday Soapbox, briefly stated commentary from the Daily Herald's editors.Sep 27, 2014 1:01 am - Tweet this: Perhaps you missed our anniversary last week as we celebrated seven years in the Twitter world. Amazing how time flies 140 characters at a time. Twe...
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Freedom from religion an inconvenient truthSep 21, 2014 5:01 am - This is in response to John Schreiber's Sept. 18 letter chiding the claims that religion is more dangerous than secularism with regard to some isolated, historic death t...
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Saturday Soapbox Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. Some don't. This is Saturday Soapbox, briefly stated commentary from the Daily Herald's editors.Sep 12, 2014 11:00 pm - Itasca Country Club staying put: Amid fears that it might be dotted with condos or stores, Itasca Country Club instead appears headed for a sprucing up. A group of ...
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Editorial: Listening to all, towns can keep puppy mills out of pet salesSep 12, 2014 1:01 am - Arlington Heights has given itself 60 days to draw up a set of regulations for pet shops. Naperville is in its fourth month of debating what constitutes a puppy mill and...
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Science argues against legalizing potSep 06, 2014 1:01 am - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, says that "regular cannabis use, which we consider once a week, is not safe and may result in addiction and neurocognitive damage,...
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Two reasons to vote Quinn outSep 06, 2014 1:01 am - There is a long list of reasons for not re-electing Gov. Pat Quinn, but two come to the fore: First, there is a very good chance that Pat Quinn will be the next Illino...