McHenry County Opinion
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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...
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Young people know need for changeDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - As the 15th Conference of Parties in Copenhagen draws near, increasing attention is being given to climate change by the media. While countries are making pledges on wha...
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Urge Manzullo to support health billDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - It is with much sadness that I have learned that Congressman Manzullo has caved in to the severe pressure of special interest groups by not voting for this recent histor...
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Let's stop talking and do somethingDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - There are three kinds of people in this world: Those who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened. We need to stop wondering ...
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GOP must condemn this kind of prayerDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Where is the real Republican leadership? The anti-Obama right wing conservatives are at it again. This time they are slapping bumper stickers on their cars and wearing ...
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Still waiting for an answer, congressmanDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - While the health care debate continues to rage on in the Senate, I still have not received an answer to a question I posed in a letter to Rep. Bill Foster the day after ...
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Take a new approach with prison termsDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - It is assumed that laws and appropriate sentences for violent felonies have been properly construed for the crimes so executed. But what seems judicially inconsistent wi...
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Now, budget statesmanship neededDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Thanks to the Cook County Board, Todd Stroger has an unusual opportunity to demonstrate the qualities of a statesman. Yes, he has to cut about $200 million in spending f...
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Thanks for helping PADSDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - On behalf of the Realtors of Baird & Warner, North Randall office in Carpentersville, we'd like to thank the generous people of the Elgin area for their participation in...