Letters to the Editor
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Let's talk school funding solutionsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - When it comes to school funding, Illinois has come down with a bad case of "boiling frog" syndrome. As the story goes, if you throw a frog into boiling water, he'll jum...
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Kirk stands up to Iran, AhmadinejadAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to applaud Congressman Mark Kirk for leading the charge in Congress to "call a spade a spade" when it comes to the rantings of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahm...
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Offshore drilling not the answerAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I applaud Congressional candidate Steve Greenberg for his recent discussion of developing clean and efficient energy alternatives and encouraging energy efficiency. Thes...
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Who gets to decide the 'worth of life?'Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading the Cal Thomas column on Aug. 4th, I felt I had to respond. Thomas is worried about the "worth of life," if left to the government. His issue is a 53-year-...
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Someone to tell Obama he's wrongAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The thought of being a politician never appealed to me until just recently when Barack Obama said of his future vice presidential choice: "I want somebody who's independ...
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Editorial was right on animal crueltyAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The Aug. 21 editorial "Animal Cruelty Is Not A Minor Crime" was compassionate, compelling and irrefutable. Animal abusers do have a proclivity to commit acts of violenc...
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A real scenario for outright socialismAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A letter in the Aug. 16 Daily Herald makes the following statement: "A president could no more change our economic system than could an ordinary citizen." That is essent...
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Bible is a practical basis to create lawsAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to Judith A. Carlson's letter (Fence Post, Aug. 3) regarding a previous writer's suggestion to use the Bible as a basis to create government law, I think she...
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National Guard thanks employersAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Army National Guard thanks the employers of its soldiers. Without their support and sacrifice the citizen-soldiers could not continue to serve their communi...
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Wasn't Jackson's remark a threat?Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Justice is supposed to be blind. Everyone is supposed to be equal under the law. Apparently this doesn't apply to the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Jackson was caught by a live mi...