McHenry County Opinion
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Time to lift death penalty moratoriumNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - I am very disappointed that the lives of Juan Luna and James Degorski were spared for committing a heinous act at the Brown's Chicken in Palatine 16 years ago. A horrid ...
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Don't lean on seniors for moreNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Reading the recent Ellen Goodman column on why senior citizens should not get this $250 and that it should go to poor people who are raising children was more of an eye ...
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Skiler's plight shows need for health care fixNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I was extremely moved when I read the article on little Skiler Wright who was injured in a freak car accident which added to the medical challenges this child has had si...
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Argument for pot legalization nutsNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Froma Harrop's column recent Sunday column made me laugh. Never heard anyone make the case that we need to legalize marijuana to save our parks. It's an environmental cr...
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Learn from experience in H1N1 battleOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - In Lake County, lines stretched for blocks, people stood in the rain for four hours and many seeking the H1N1 vaccine ultimately were turned away. To the south, in DuPag...
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Red-light camera soured man on FRGOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Dear Fox River Grove police chief: My wife and I have been residents of Lake Barrington for nearly 20 years. When we first moved here we quickly learned of Fox River Gro...
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RTA/Metra need defibrillatorsOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - On Oct. 8, I was a passenger on Union Pacific Northwest Line Train 610 - a train I take weekday mornings from Woodstock to Chicago. After leaving Barrington, I heard an ...
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Meditations on Obama's NobelOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - "However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?" - Buddha "As I grow older I pay less attention to ...
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Nothing fair about FAIROct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to comment on Burt Constable's article of Saturday, Oct. 17, in which he gave credence to the organization FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting) fair.co...
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Health plan would help twentysomethingsOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I am 24 and I don't have health insurance. I live in the United States of America, have a college education, a 9 to 5 job and no health insurance. My entire family has h...