McHenry County Opinion
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A civics lesson to rememberApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - When President Kennedy was killed in 1963, I was in my second year at Northern Illinois University and was getting ready to go to my next scheduled class which was “civi...
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Carlin remarks cast a chill on CODApr 26, 2012 1:00 am - Thursday evening, April 19, College of DuPage Board Chairman David Carlin changed the tone of negotiations and cast a chill on the working relationships at the college. ...
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Vote the bums outApr 25, 2012 5:33 am - A letter on April 23, “Will we cut benefits for lawmakers, too?” speaks exactly to what I have been pondering. State lawmakers and their part-time positions that pay ben...
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A conversation on deer cullingApr 25, 2012 5:33 am - You’re killing hundreds of deer to see if any are sick? Yeah, maybe five were. But there’s no cure, and it’s not communicable to humans. Expensive tax-funded testing mig...
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Save a life, be an organ donorApr 25, 2012 5:33 am - April has been designated “Organ Donation” month, a subject that does not offer a great deal of public awareness. I have been pleased to see the recent commercials appea...
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News media marked by subtle biasesApr 25, 2012 5:00 am - Growing up in Chicago in the early 1960s, I often heard the joke that if the Sun-Times forecast sunny, the Tribune would forecast cloudy. Always opposing viewpoints, but...
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Don’t blame pension problem on teachersApr 25, 2012 5:00 am - In your April 16 editorial, “Stop the pension insanity,” the Daily Herald came so close to getting it right. When talking about the people getting insane pensions you sa...
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Dog stories are distractionApr 25, 2012 1:00 am - How desperate are the Democrats and left wing media becoming? It seems that the media is making a big issue about the fact that Romney went on vacation about 20 years ag...
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Faculty knows better at CODApr 25, 2012 1:00 am - There is no joke about the College of DuPage having difficulties between their board and president and the faculty. What COD “sells” is a quality education, one that som...
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A poignant tale of two familiesApr 24, 2012 5:00 am - I found it interesting, ironic and sad, how often the paper reports about people having such opposite experiences. On April 14, your front page highlighted a story about...