Letters to the Editor
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Secular humanists do have beliefsJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - As a proud secular humanist, I am impressed by the smug certainty of Ed Smetana's pronouncements (Fence Post, Jan. 4). He presents no reasons for his religion, just bel...
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The soaring cost of private health careJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - According to BusinessWeek Magazine, hospitals around the country are beginning a campaign of using banks and credit card companies to extract payments from patients with...
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Experience and specifics matterJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It was great to have presidential debates that finally tried to get the candidates to be specific in where they stood on the issues, when ABC had its televised debates i...
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Not practicing what the leaders preachJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It seems some very powerful people are easily swayed and detected. Mayor Daley's bulldozing of Meigs Field, his progeny's lack of better judgment, clerics' lack of profe...
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City has authority to screen arresteesJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - As indicated by Elgin's mayor and city council members, there does not seem to be a majority at present in favor of additional immigration training and authority through...
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Appreciates chance to serve village againJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - On Jan. 2, the village board approved my reappointment to the Carpentersville Planning & Zoning Commission. I would like to thank the board for its confidence and suppor...
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No need for signs on smoking banJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Business owners, including offices, are asked to post no smoking signs at every entrance. How absurd and unnecessary for a statewide ban. And the preprinted one recommen...
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Being religious not linked to moralityJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to Mr. Ed Smetana's letter in Friday's Fence Post. Mr. Smetana stated Christians, Moslems and Jews believe man evolved from a man called Adam who was...
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Take time when buying a timeshareJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Timeshares seem to be currently very popular and are well advertised at resort areas and in the ad papers. A word of caution should be made to your readers, however. The...
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Protesting the Iraq war isn't a crimeJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - The title "Crime and Punishment" was boldly emblazoned in the Daily Herald on the front page of section 5, dated Dec. 27, 2007. The two page article included small photo...