McHenry County Opinion
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Health care must be available to allApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - As a recent Medicare recipient, I want to thank Rep. Bill Foster for supporting the health care legislation. I volunteer regularly in Elgin because I feel that for the b...
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Civilization costly but makes us greatApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Older adults enjoy receiving the benefits of Social Security and Medicare. It is oddly inexplicable that the same population could logically take issue with these same s...
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Preachiness is not becoming, BurtApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Constable, thank you for reminding us how enlightened you and your ilk are. Anger is ugly. You are right to scold. How heartening that you would never succumb to it....
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Durbin must deliver jobs for IllinoisApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Durbin, where are you? I have just read of Mr. Quinn's vision for the Illinois State Police for the coming budget period. We are looking at a net loss of 460 State p...
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There's no reason to kill coyotesApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - I could not believe the article March 10 regarding the trapper near Wheaton paid to capture and kill coyotes. The article states the trapper is to target diseased coyote...
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Get rid of parties to reform governmentApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Perhaps the time has arrived to start anew. A cleansing of both houses in Washington D.C. is what I am suggesting. I do not mean just throw the bums out, but to do away...
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Careful what you wish forApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Frankly, I have no idea whether the just-passed bill on health care reform is a good one or bad one. It seems to have a mix of worthwhile and awful parts to it. However,...
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Saturday SoapboxApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Change in the weather: The harbingers of spring are all around. Swans are back in Schaumburg, along with the winter fish-kill cleanups at suburban ponds. Potholes...
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Daily Herald goes too easy on WalshApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - It seems to me that the Daily Herald editorial board is not only giving Melissa Bean a raw deal, but also beginning to sound like a cheerleader for her Republican challe...
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Lack of sex ed would mean more abortionsApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - In the column "We must protect children in the womb" Mrs. Berowski talks about how there are countries with more abortions than live births in the world, and how we must...