McHenry County Opinion
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It's wrong for press to give Trump a passApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - I couldn't disagree more with Jim Slusher's April 18 column regarding Daily Herald coverage of President Trump. His argument seems to be that the paper will keep printin...
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Distinguish between facts, superstitionApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - Before the Enlightenment Period, the most educated gentlemen in England believed that evil spirits inhabited the forest and people widely believed that God was punishing...
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Still waiting for Dems' innovative ideasApr 20, 2019 1:00 am - Ms. Cox's diatribe aimed at President Donald Trump states, to my count, 27 points of contention that she feels should have been acted upon by the Republican Congress - h...
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Economic disaster aheadApr 20, 2019 1:00 am - Hopefully, President (blame Obama) Trump and Congressional Republicans learned a painful lesson in 2018. That is that cutting revenues (tax cuts) while increasing spendi...
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Letter to the editor: Here's one vote for the Grown-upsApr 15, 2019 1:00 am - Letter to the Daily Herald editor We should have three political parties - Republican Party, Democratic Party and Grown-up party. Depending on how many people join the G...
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Letter to the editor: Nothing fair about fair taxApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - Econ 101: You tax something, you get less of it. In the case of Pritzker's "Fair Tax," less tax revenue through avoidance or flight. The "progressive" income tax isn't a...
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Don't mess with Electoral CollegeApr 05, 2019 1:00 am - One of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln, did not win the popular vote. Among three presidential candidates, Abraham Lincoln received 1,865,908 votes (39.8 percen...
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Letter to the editor: Mueller has earned himself prison timeApr 04, 2019 11:00 pm - U.S. Code 2385 is entitled "Advocating Overthrow of Government." In part, this federal code reads as follows: "Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction...
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The right to a new lifeApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - I am disappointed in the city of Aurora wanting Thomas Kokoraleis removed from the Wayside Cross Ministries. In my opinion, Thomas was involved in a horrible deed many y...
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Tests are not bullyingApr 03, 2019 1:00 am - After reading the article on bullying in the March 28 paper, I came away disillusioned with Ina Silva-Sobolewski. How can she say the Illinois Assessment of Readiness in...