McHenry County Opinion
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Thanks for your heartfelt donationsMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - As the blood drive coordinator for Sugar Grove, I want to extend a sincere thank you to the 62 donors who shared the gift of life at our March 1 drive. Your blood donati...
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A second look at energy-saving bulbsMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Took President Obama's advice and bought some of his recommended energy-saving light bulbs. Guess what: These bulbs contain mercury, a toxic pollutant. And guess what el...
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Duncan's approach will fail studentsMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - > President Obama selected Arne Duncan to be his education man in Washington. The man quotes education bumper stickers (Stephen Colbert, Oct. 5 2009) and plays basketbal...
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It's extraordinary how often ordinary people make newsMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - There is an axiom in the newspaper business that every person is a news story. If you dig deep enough, you'll find something remarkable about even the most ordinary pers...
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Hasta la vista, Mr. LimbaughMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I hope Rush Limbaugh honors his commitment to move to Costa Rica now that the health care reform bill has been passed over the objections of his right wing Tea Party fri...
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Don't approve this subdivisionMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - To my fellow residents of Hampshire: A senior development: At first thought it sounds great. A senior development means a development with no kids to pay school expenses...
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Obama's mistaken on Middle EastMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - It's ironic that Sara Kalina of Arlington Heights had her letter captioned "Israeli settlements impair peace effort" published on the same day that Charles Krauthammer's...
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Insurers secretly love health care billMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - If we look back in history to the early 1900s we can see a similar scenario. Back then people were concerned about the amount of control that a few big banks had over t...
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No organ harvest without consentMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently published on LifeSiteNews.com was an article stating that Sen. Dale Risinger of Peoria is pushing legislation that would allow doctors to harvest organs from ci...
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Coverage reflected Hansen's integrityMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I want to compliment your paper on the excellence of the coverage of the death of Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen. I had the privilege of working in minor capacitie...