McHenry County Opinion
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Give equal space to gun rights advocatesNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - On the Friday after Thanksgiving, your editors saw fit to run a huge series from The Washington Post on how legally purchased guns have been obtained by felons, and how ...
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Football at Wrigley all about the cashNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Contrary to local sports media hype, the recent sandlot exhibition at Wrigley Field between Northwestern and Illinois deserves to be nowhere but in the Hall of Shame. I...
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The end of an era, thank heavenNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Someday, as mom always said, we'll look back at this and laugh. We'll chuckle at Cook County President Todd Stroger's snubs and broken promises that had Northwest suburb...
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Hospitals a boon to Kane CountyNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - If we heard one thing loud and clear on Nov. 2, it was that the economy trumps all else. Recovery of jobs, improving the economy these are the concerns that voters took...
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How average taxpayers pensions really compareNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - In the Nov. 22 Fence Post, David Urbanek of the Teachers' Retirement System states “Teachers already pay for a greater portion of their pensions during their careers in ...
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Show compassion to immigrantsNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Immigration is one of the central issues facing our society today, generating strong reactions in the public square. As Christians from the Church of the Brethren, we be...
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Are you getting that assessment freeze?Nov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - I have discovered that several people who qualify for and have applied for the senior assessment freeze exemption for the 2009 second installment property tax bill have ...
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Top 2 percent don't deserve tax cutsNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - The argument for extending the Bush tax cuts for the upper 2 percent is that this small segment of Americans are the most creative, adventurous job-creating engines that...
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Bush was right to go to war with IraqNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - I was an artillery lieutenant watching Iraqi vehicles in front of us escape north the last night of Desert Storm. We had just been ordered to stop engaging; I felt then ...
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TSA rules infringe on privacy rightsNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - The threat of protests over body scans and pat downs at our airports should energize both the left and the right. Common sense tells us that none of the security measur...