Letters to the Editor
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Taiwan should vote on U.N. referendumJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - In Condoleezza Rice's State Department news conference, she rebuked Taiwan's effort to vote in a referendum on its United Nations membership. A referendum is an invaluab...
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These kids should be learning EnglishJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: School District 59's preschool program at Ridge School for 3- and 4-year-olds is being taught 100 percent in Spanish. Why? This was news to me as a taxpay...
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Thoughts on the war and politicsJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The stupidity of effectively abandoning the war against al-Qaida (the perpetrators of 9/11) at the Afghan/Pakistan border area five years ago and transferring our almost...
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Support service contraception billJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - In 2002, the Department of Defense initially added emergency contraception to its Basic Care Formulary, a list of over 200 medications required to be stocked at all mili...
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Thanks, Michaele, for all you've doneJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: In reading the article about 2007 Northwest suburban newsmakers, it mentions Michaele Skowron and the fact that she chose not to run again for a seat on t...
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Voters should back School District 89Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - My wife, children and I have been part of School District 89 for over eight years. We have been extremely happy with the board of education, superintendent, principals, ...
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Need to legislate end to wood smokeJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: The legend goes that Nero played his lyre as the Great Fire of Rome burned. Sadly, our local and state leaders are acting like Nero, without the lyre, whe...
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Founders correct on religious testsJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The framers of our Constitution were well ahead of their time when they decided that there should be no religious test for public office. Judging from all the fuss over ...
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Kudos to Goudie for Christmas pieceJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Thank you, Chuck Goudie, for the great article on "Christmas" appearing in the Dec. 24 Daily Herald. Much of the newspaper articles referring to Christmas range from dow...
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Prochno will help sort out state messJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: Everyone in the state of Illinois knows that our state government is a mess. Democrats fighting among themselves have rendered our state government dysfun...