McHenry County Opinion
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Free birth control for poor neededMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - I applaud President Barack Obama for facing the need for birth control. Single-parent homes are unable to support a family. Welfare and food stamps are a strain on the f...
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Reduce the rate of global warmingMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - I think most of us will agree that our earth is surrounded by a thin fragile atmosphere which we live and breath in. It has a finite amount of volume and is similar to a...
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Little choice, but some options, on golf courseMar 21, 2012 11:34 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District Board finds itself in a political sand trap over its decision not to build a golf course at the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve. T...
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Salaries, pensions strap universitiesMar 21, 2012 5:00 am - In a Fence Post letter of March 5, a University of Illinois-Chicago official, Mr. Mark Rosati, attempted to justify tuition increases at the College of Medicine. He stat...
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Robocalls hurt, not help, candidatesMar 21, 2012 1:00 am - Why do they keep calling? Every day between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., unwanted phone calls. Most of them are “robo calls” from a recorded message. All of them are political. T...
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Time to change energy policyMar 20, 2012 5:24 am - Our president misses another chance to lead. Oil prices keep rising, he comments, “We cannot drill our way out.” True, it will not help today, but it will in the future....
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It’s all about preventive careMar 20, 2012 5:24 am - A century ago, Margaret Sanger and other reformers educated people on the benefits of family planning. People who heeded the message acquired the means to practice birth...
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Sports bras sign of professionalismMar 20, 2012 5:24 am - Anyone who has ever run a race understands the difficulties involved in a sport like track and field. It takes serious dedication to train every day and push your body p...
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Campaign tactic just increases racismMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - It was very disturbing to receive an email with a link to President Obama on YouTube announcing a website for African-Americans for Obama. Anyone of another ethnicity wo...
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Contraception issue masks Obama’s faultsMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - An ad hoc Democratic committee was formed just to invite Sandra Fluke to testify about the narrow issue of contraception and not the broad issue of the federal governmen...