McHenry County Opinion
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Thomson prison was wasteful spendingDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - In the same week it was reported that prisoners are being released early because of prison crowding, it was also reported that there is discussion about sending prisoner...
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Fly the colors at Festival ParkDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Dear Elgin City Council: I would like you kind folks to address what appears to be an oversight at Festival Park. There is a long sidewalk running from Grove Street goin...
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Is Palin a pit bull that needs training?Dec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I couldn't believe my eyes when I read Cal Thomas's Nov. 13 column. He actually had the audacity to write that Sarah Palin could develop intellectual depth by using her ...
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Appeal for support of health care actDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Rep. Mark Kirk: I am writing to you today. To ask that you support H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care Act. I know from personal experience the effect a medical proced...
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It's time to revisit rules of engagementDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - There has been much emphasis on how many troops President Obama will send to Afghanistan in the coming weeks. To me the issue is not how many will be sent but how our tr...
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Make it a point to pray for the militaryDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - In the darkest days of World War II, in 1942 Fr. Patrick Peyton (of the "the family who prays together stays together" fame) started a program to a pray the Rosary for t...
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Death penalty is costly, immoral revengeDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Your editorial of Nov. 15 on capital punishment presented a major flaw in our justice system. Justice is the quality of being just, impartial or fair. The results of the...
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It's time to choose: Health care or warDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - There is a plan to increase U.S. troops in Afghanistan costing $75 billion in taxpayer dollars. This plan would be financed by a new federal surtax beginning in 2011. Ju...
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Amid tragedy, lessons in goodnessDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - We know all too well that some of the news in our towns has been much too disturbing lately. There's the Streamwood mother who police say gunned her car and pinned a 17-...
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Ladies, don't wait until you're 50Dec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Regarding the new guidelines for getting mammograms, let me just say this: Throughout my 30s and 40s, I routinely got a yearly mammogram just because. I didn't have a fa...