McHenry County Opinion
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Skeptics sensible, despite 'denier' labelNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - This is in response to Froma Harrop's column regarding the late reaction to global warming. I believe the debate is not over on the causes of global warming. Harrop uses...
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Newspaper against education, teachersNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - I have a burning question for the Daily Herald, and that is: What does the paper have against education? Is everyone at the paper self-taught? Were they never in school?...
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Soapbox: Round-the-clock heroesNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Whatever it is that firefighters are paid, it probably isn't enough. How do you put a value on what these folks do, even when they're off duty? When an early morning hou...
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Soapbox: Big Pay, No Work IINov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - It's bad enough a spineless Elgin Area School District U-46 school board obligated Elgin taxpayers to bankroll Connie Neale's lavish retirement in Missouri. But this wee...
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Soapbox: We need to listenNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Here's a salute to the League of Women's Voters/Palatine Area for its Veterans Day luncheon last week in Schaumburg. It was there that the League honored women in the mi...
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Soapbox: Still doesn't get itNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Isn't it a sad thing that when an Illinois politician is sent off to serve his prison sentence, as former Gov. George Ryan was this week, there's a ready supply of ex-co...
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Liberals not always free speech backersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Liberals love to define themselves as staunch supporters of the First Amendment. They claim they may not agree with what you have to say but they will defend to the deat...
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This dictator with nukes our friend?Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Once again, the U.S. will continue to give large amounts of military aid to a dictatorial regime in Pakistan as it brutally cracks down on its own population. We will pa...
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Adoption stories tell only part of the taleNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I was disturbed to read a recent article, "Suburban families fear moratorium on foreign adoptions." What disturbs me is not that these families have been unable to adopt...
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Housing market on local level is strongNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - In its recent article on national trends in the housing industry (Oct. 27, Associated Press, "Worse before it improves … All things housing predicted to fall: prices, sa...