McHenry County Opinion
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A cautionary duck taleDec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Sometime late this summer, eight beautiful Peking ducks appeared on Bangs Lake in Wauconda. They swam in a group close to the shore ignoring and being ignored by the gee...
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Empower people to care for themselvesDec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - These past two years, more than ever before, have shown the great divide between conservatives and liberals. These years have also shown all people the difference betwee...
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Prosperity depends on the richDec 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Mr. Glassman should stick with motorcycles instead of trying to understand economics. What do rich people do with all the money they get? Do they bury it in their backy...
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Keep paperwork in mortgagesDec 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Mortgage companies “invented” a new method to transfer the all-important note electronically, bypassing state and local transfer fees. In many cases, the “note” which de...
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Require Airbus to obey lawDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Your recent article on how public policy deeply affects our manufacturing industry (“Creating a sustainable manufacturing base,” Nov. 30) neglected to mention how our in...
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Parent-child joys are cherishedDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - I enjoyed Susan Estrich's column: “The desires of the heart of a grown-up,” Dec. 19. As a father with three small children, I agree that we often relive our childhood th...
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When a plea for life turns into a lawsuitDec 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Recently there was an article about a boat that sank in Lake Michigan, and the people that were on the boat were saved. A short time later, a lawsuit was filed suing the...
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Prices indeed have been risingDec 24, 2010 10:00 pm - In my mailbox today was some bad news. My Social Security benefit for 2011 is remaining the same as it has for the past two years — no increase again! For the third year...
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Clear sidewalks make happy trekkersDec 24, 2010 10:00 pm - If you own or rent a house and have a sidewalk in front of your property, do you or your hired help clear after it snows? If not, after you or someone else shovels or cl...
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Public bodies want too much moneyDec 24, 2010 10:00 pm - In this brutal Lake County economy, it is outrageous that many Lake County public organizations are in the process of requesting more property tax from the residents. Ma...