McHenry County Opinion
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Editorial: Students benefit from creative exercise programsApr 25, 2016 11:00 pm - A social media post out of Naperville raised a question that many parents of elementary school-age children are thinking. "Is it just me or did we get more recess time g...
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It's Hastert who owes the publicApr 24, 2016 1:00 am - Why should Dennis Hastert receive sentencing consideration for his public service? He went into politics as a schoolteacher and came out as a career lobbyist, exploiting...
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Term limits are best response to any 'Senator No'Apr 22, 2016 1:00 am - On April 16, the Daily Herald printed a letter from Richard Olhava of Arlington Heights entitled, "Senator No." Although I have never met the author, I realize I have an...
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Act quickly or bees will be goneApr 21, 2016 1:00 am - Garden-care giant Ortho should move faster than 2021 to stop putting bee-killing neonicotinoids in its products. By 2021, there might not be any bees alive! The company...
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Where's common-sense regarding restrooms?Apr 15, 2016 1:00 am - Common-sensewise, who would have ever dreamed that suddenly men would be welcomed in women's bathrooms. Not only bathrooms, but showers, gyms, and even the "right" to pl...
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Funding crisis at root of tragedies for mentally illApr 08, 2016 1:00 am - Something terrible is going on in Illinois and in the nation. People with mental illness are being killed in encounters with the police in alarming numbers. The killing ...
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We're paying the price for 'free trade'Apr 04, 2016 12:01 am - Free trade as it is called is supposed to be countries exchanging products equally, or as close to it as possible. That means if done fairly no huge deficit would exist ...
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Illegal immigrant numbers understatedMar 31, 2016 12:01 am - For years, the American public has been misled about the size of our illegal immigrant population. For the past five years, we've been fed an outdated, fallacious number...
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Our nation needs to 'make things'Mar 28, 2016 1:00 am - Cokie and Steve Roberts misnamed their column when naming it "The Facts About Trade." It should have read "Our Misguided Opinions About Trade." They are flat out wrong w...
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Screen baggage before the terminalsMar 27, 2016 1:01 am - It was bound to happen. Security entering airport terminals are zero. I'm not saying that I am a world traveler. I have been to Southeast Asia a few times in the last se...