McHenry County Opinion
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Schools controlled by atheist ideasDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Judging from all the protest surrounding the new moment of silence in Illinois schools, it looks as though Rob and Dawn Sherman have not yet realized the obvious. They h...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Environmentalism is killing us!Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - With the cost of a barrel of crude fast approaching $100 a barrel, I have to ask my fellow Americans when it will be enough for you to do something about it? While I am ...
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Honorable Bianchi the only choiceDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Remember when there was decorum, decency, honesty and the ability to agree to disagree? When I grew up in a politically active family, it was a privilege to attend polit...
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Fox Lake Library plan is a sound oneDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - I was in the Fox Lake Library recently, reading Lee Filas' article about the February library bond issue, when I noticed a 9-foot crack in the thermopane glass next to t...
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College kid should grow up and studyNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Poor Michael Walters, to be forgiven for his failure and now wants his cake to eat too. (Nov. 26 Daily Herald article, regarding "grade forgiveness".) Young man, I sugge...
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Lake County Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Winning Bears: Congratulations to the Lake Zurich High School football team on its Class 7A championship. Winning a state championship -- whether it's football or any o...
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Fox Valley Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Help or more bureaucracy? One can make a plausible argument, as Community School District 300 did, that high school department chairs can provide more hands-on teaching ...
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Cook County soap boxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - The secret's out We all like our hometowns, but it's always nice to get validation from outsiders. Businessweek.com is lauding Barrington (25th) and Buffalo Grove (30th)...