McHenry County Opinion
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May missed chance on pension reformAug 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The recent news of Highland Park's pension scandal only confirms my belief that Karen May, Gov. Quinn and their allies have no vested interest in sincerely reforming Ill...
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Empathy critical to a just societyAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - A year ago when President Obama suggested that empathy is an important qualification in Supreme Court nominees, conservatives pounced. In May 2009 Wendy Long, legal coun...
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Build NYC mosque somewhere elseAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - In Kathleen Parker's column of Aug. 23 regarding Ground Zero For Freedom, she states, "The mosque should be built precisely because we don't like the idea very much." Sh...
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Thank the bartender with your generosityAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - For five years I've been in the food and beverage industry as a bartender. This is a labor of love. Every time I have a shift I look forward going to work - you never re...
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Make the tough cuts before raising taxesAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Ms. Ryg, president of Voices for Illinois Children, in arguing that "the modernization our revenue structure needs to capture economic growth where it exists and improve...
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Irrational fears drive mosque debateAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I was reading Malcolm X's autobiography recently. After his pilgrimage to Mecca, he made the observation that Islam is a religion that preaches sisterhood and brotherhoo...
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Let the wealthy carry a larger loadAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - It's time to start shaming the super rich into carrying a bigger portion of our nation's tax load. Most of us can't imagine what it's like to be worth $100 million, but...
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Attack claim against chief makes no senseAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I just read an article in your newspaper titled "Antioch police chief on leave as officials probe attack claim." And since I have known police Chief Jim Foerster since h...
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God-themed film eaten by 'Piranha'Aug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - On Aug. 21, the Daily Herald's film critics published their ratings on 22 movies currently being shown in the greater Chicago area. Two unreviewed films not rated were "...
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GOP should show concern for needyAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - An open letter to Peter Roskam and many Republican candidates: I keep hearing about your Christian and family values, yet it seems you have forgotten that caring about ...