Letters to the Editor
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All unions make society strongerJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - I am sorry that Mr. Mitchell of Hainesville felt it necessary to weigh in against The Daily Herald's editorial on gay marriage( May 31). He believes that homosexual rel...
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Government lacks fiscal restraintJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - "Fiscal restraint" is a dirty phrase in Cook County, Springfield and Washington D.C. these days. The sheer amount of waste, and the lack of remorse for it, is staggering...
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There are ways to improve educationJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As with any problem like education, there isn't any one simple solution. The question of quality of elementary teaching is a good example of this. There are a number of ...
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The questions of logic and abortionJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The interesting letter from Richard Kaiser (Fence Post, Monday) regarding abortion encourages me to write. Mr. Kaiser's second paragraph, first of all, imagines that s...
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Actually, raw milk has many benefitsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The article headed "Got milk? Not if it is raw" (June 13) is erroneous and misleading. • It notes that 22 states ban sales of raw milk for human consumption, implying th...
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Simplify the free senior ride processJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Since gas is $4 a gallon-plus, I, as a senior citizen, decided to get a free Metra boarding pass which our illustrious governor and our equally illustrious state legis...
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Telecoms should not get immunityJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - People who knowingly commit crimes, if caught, are punished. Are corporations exempt from the law? The telecom companies should not be given any escape mechanisms. Th...
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Give taxpayers free game ticketsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As a taxpayer in Elgin I was very disappointed to see the state-of-the-art softball field we built for the Chicago Bandits that supposedly was going to cost $350,000 end...
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Unemployment bill was open to abuseJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Congressman Mark Kirk recently published a letter to his constituents explaining his vote against a recent bill extending unemployment benefits. It is clear to me that ...
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The boon of NIU's proton therapyJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, Northern Illinois University made a significant step toward bringing a state-of-the-art proton therapy cancer treatment center to the Chicago area when offici...