McHenry County Opinion
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Debt reduction a job for real grown-upsFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - Trust columnist Burt Constable to lay it on the line and tell us that we, the American people, are getting more than we are paying for. Maybe our legislators are afraid ...
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Republican input amounts to ‘no way’Feb 23, 2011 12:00 am - Initially, many Democrats wanted government health care, if not like Canada, at least Medicare for all. Republican input, “no way,” so it never reached the floor. The ma...
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Protect marriage for the good of allFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - Recently, leaders of some of the largest religious communities in the U.S. came together to express their commitment toward the protection of marriage as the union of on...
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More life-affirming alternatives neededFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Peggy Simonsen takes exception to Rep. Joe Walsh's position on social issues in her Fence Post letter printed in the Feb. 13 edition of the Daily Herald. While she is en...
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Medical marijuana effort a big hoaxFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Despite several defeats, state Rep. Lou Lang continues to pull every ploy possible to perpetrate a hoax on the citizens of Illinois by trying to pass SB 1381, which woul...
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This will be do-nothing CongressFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - When Gail Rose of Huntley suggested the president should work with Republicans, I wonder what she has been paying attention to over the first two years of the Obama pres...
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Be careful what you ask forFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - There has been a lot said about the Affordable Care Act. There’s also been a lot of distortion and deception about “death panels” from those who benefit from insurance c...
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Hope from invigorated neighborhoodsFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - The images are all too familiar in troubled times. Empty storefronts dominate the strip malls that were once symbols, if somewhat crassly so, of suburban economic vitali...
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Many questions surround deer killFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - Contrary to recent reports, one deer, not two, infected with Chronic Wasting Disease was killed near Binnie Woods by a bow hunter. The other was shot near Burlington. Wa...
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Appreciates legal notices in papersFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - I oppose House Bill 1869 reducing the requirement that governments publish legal notices in newspapers. I read the legal notices in all the newspapers. Had I not read ab...