McHenry County Opinion
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Passing bill means paying for abortionsAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - There is a lot of talk about "spreading false information" regarding the health care bills. That is disingenuous. The reality is that if we don't speak up BEFORE the vot...
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Constitution should be the only agendaAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - With lightning speed our national leaders are abandoning the fundamental principles upon which the United States was founded. I question whether most presidents, congres...
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Play, review left bad tasteAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Wow, I read your review in the Daily Herald, and I could not disagree more. I thought "Light in the Piazza" was awful. You are probably thinking I am some old jerk who i...
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Applaud gay couple announcementAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read the letter from Sue A Smith of Bloomingdale, and it mad me mad. I, too, saw the announcement of the two men who had exchanged vows in the Celebrate section o...
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Free speech is not a right to interruptAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I was in 5th grade back in 1944. My teacher was a wonderful older woman who was a great teacher and communicator. One day there was an altercation in the classroom. She ...
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Schadenfreude was unbecomingAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - On reading the Opinion Page Aug. 22, I had my first occurrence of "ouch." I love the human angle, common sense and informative attitude of this editorial commentary on S...
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A friend rememberedAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - A heart attack ended the life of Joseph L. (Joe) Matalone this summer. Joe is survived by his wife, Joyce, a son, Joe Jr., and his family and a daughter, Michele, and he...
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Madigan, Cullerton should also resignAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Illinois Senate President John Cullerton should resign along with trustees over the University of Illinois admissions scandal....
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Bill Foster should have attended health care talkAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - On Aug. 13, 150 of Congressman Bill Foster's constituents attended his Neighborhood Office meeting. The vast majority of the attendees were strongly against universal he...
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Common sense lacking from rulesAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I have been driving for 68 years and know when to stop and when to go. So why in my fully awake and lucid mind have to come to a full stop at an exact spot even if there...