Letters to the Editor
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Too much money in the bureaucracyOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald is to be commended for its excellent series on school finances. Chapter four of the series reports the percentage of actual funding expended on instruct...
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Plenty of issues to deal with todayOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The comments to follow are not uplifting but convey a sadness about the quarrelsome traits and human failing we all seem to possess. Some of the issues confronting us to...
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Courts rule against same-sex marriageOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - On Sept. 18, the Supreme Court of the largely liberal state of Maryland, in the legal decision, Conway v. Deane, declined recognition of same-sex marriage. Last year, th...
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War profiteering at heart of meetingOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Corporations that profit from the war economy -- Lockheed-Martin (weapons), Halliburton and Bechtel (infrastructure) and Blackwater (security) -- contribute millions of ...
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Not enough money to bust protestersOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - No wonder DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett wants to buck the budget and hire more prosecutors. With all those anti-war protesters and Bush-Cheney bashers out t...
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It's wrong to force beliefs on othersOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - I am writing in response to the uproar over the Aurora Planned Parenthood clinic. As Americans we have the right to believe what we choose to believe is right within our...
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Ignatius wrong to blame U.S. for illsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The column by David Ignatius titled, "U.S. must recognize the role dignity plays in all foreign affairs" is another attempt to blame the U.S. for all the major crises in...
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It's up to Congress to act responsiblyOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The president strongly supports SCHIP, and his principle is clear: Poor children first. The administration has added more than 2 million kids to SCHIP since 2001, and th...
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Where have stories on Iraq war gone?Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - I have not seen any articles or any information on the war in Iraq in the Daily Herald. Why is there no information on our brave fighting men being printed? I do see on ...
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Gun ownership a constitutional rightOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - As long as the guns were bought and he owns them legally, it's none of Mr. Mannard's business how many anybody owns ("Six hundred guns in one residence?" Fence Post, Oct...