McHenry County Opinion
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We're losing sight of what's importantApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - What is the matter with the world today? We are paying actors millions of dollars for acting. We are paying athletes millions of dollars for throwing a ball or hitting a...
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Simple fixes aren't the answerApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Everyone agrees on only one thing, we are in a real financial mess in this country, state and county. This didn't just happen. On a national level the lack of funding of...
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Fund schools with sales taxApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I see where the issue of inequities in funding of public education is getting another look at. Being able to afford to live in your home or buy a home is not discretion...
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Aid for Israel would be better spent hereApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Did you know the U.S. gives about $7 million dollars a day to Israel? And how are those hard-earned tax dollars used? To provide Israel with U.S. weapons. Israel will t...
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Organ donor stories should inspire othersApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I am writing in response to the article "Organ donation advocate gives a kidney for the cause." It was easy to see while reading the article that the author did his rese...
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Anti-Catholic sentiment in Daily HeraldApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I wondered why the Daily Herald never lists the Catholic Network EWTN in their TV listings. Then I noticed that your paper seems to highlight any news about Catholics th...
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Abortion funding order is a shamApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I offer the following to our politicians as a solution to the state budget crisis. Have the state lottery conduct a contest where each entrant predicts the date and time...
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Invitation-only forums lack courageApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - It is ironic that Tuesday, March 30, the same day that the Daily Herald published Mr. Wiley Edmondson's opinion in the Fence Post, in which he praised the "courage" of C...
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Stop outsourcing our securityApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - I've read with sadness stories about the operations of military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan killing innocent civilians. Their actions are done in our name - and ...
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Open letter to those who bear the burdenApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - It has never been more difficult to be a young person in this country. No, I am not talking about the destructive social pressures that beset them from every side, tempt...