Letters to the Editor
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Shanahan should get his job backSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - We are writing this letter in support of Dan Shanahan, past director of programming for Batavia Access Television. We have watched with dismay the erosion of our civil l...
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Scientific method vs. materialismSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Aug. 24 Daily Herald carried a letter by Nate Wheatley entitled, "Intelligent design isn't scientific." Scientific method is simply a procedure for gaining knowledg...
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Buffalo Grove H.S. made bad decisionSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - I was so happy when I turned on the TV this afternoon to watch the Cubs, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Messmer were signing "God Bless America" along with the national anthem b...
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U.S. must follow international lawSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - I write because the Bush administration once again is seeking to make the administration, the U.S. military and the corporate mercenary armies operating in Iraq and arou...
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The agenda behind NCLB standardsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Your Sept. 25 editorial suggested that elementary schools have been more successful in meeting testing goals than high schools because it is easier to "get all teachers ...
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Action needed now on global warmingSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - We need to stop global warming! Did you know that since 1980, Illinois has experienced 19 of its 20 hottest years on record? I was in Alaska recently, and witnessed the ...
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Smoking not illegal, and not the worstSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - In response to Helen Clark's letter concerning consideration of an exception to the smoking ban rule for casinos, I have to first say I am not now a smoker and haven't b...
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Evolution isn't really scientific, eitherSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - I have read some letters questioning Lisa Szatkowski's beating a dead horse in her Sept. 17 letter because she does advocate the teaching of creationism in the public sc...
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Flu vaccine stories need more balanceSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - I noticed in the Daily Herald the first seasonal article promoting the flu vaccine. Again there was no balanced reporting regarding the levels of mercury contained in th...
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This is no place for equestrian centerSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - As an active member of the community and consumer of all the Forest Preserve District in Lake County has to offer, I do not support the Olympic equestrian center in Lake...