Letters to the Editor
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Help those with MS with tax check offFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - The state of Illinois is again offering taxpayers a unique and effective way to support charities as part of the state's 2007 Income Tax Check Off Program. Eleven charit...
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Super-delegates play a vital roleFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Super-delegates should follow their own conscience in deciding whom to vote for. After all, what is the point of having them if they are merely to rubber-stamp the elect...
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Yes, violent images are part of problemFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - I found it interesting after reading your editorial about the tragedy at NIU and the "casual acceptance of violence in how we entertain ourselves" being an indication of...
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Gun-free zones don't offer securityFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Mall shootings and school shootings, the common thread between all of them is gun-free zones. Apparently, the only people who follow this are the law-abiding. Mad men a...
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Concealed carry won't bring peaceFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Once again, tragedy strikes and the NRA pops out of the woodwork -- Give every impulsive, low self-esteemed, road raging hot shot a pistol and we'll have peace on earth....
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A prayer to end the free will to killFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Many services are being held and prayers said on behalf of the victims and the survivors of the Northern Illinois University, Virginia Tech and Lane Bryant massacres. Ou...
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Hollywood scripts may be to blameFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - The standard plot in about half of the adventure dramas out of Hollywood is as follows -- a nice guy but a little gullible is tormented by the in- crowd bullies or other...
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Definitions do not change with windFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Alfred Kirkland Jr. asked in his Feb. 14 letter: "What's in a name?" regarding the Association for Legal Americans' use of the term "illegals" and "invasion." As an atto...
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Government failed us once again at NIUFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - After the Northern Illinois University incident, I've noticed the usual rhetoric from the anti-gun zealots demanding even more gun laws. I do not think that laws are th...
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English not required for legality hereFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - For the record, speaking English and illegal immigration are two separate issues. One does not need to know English to become a legal resident of the United States. In a...