Opinion Stories from July 23, 2020 (Change date)
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Give parents time to choose school planJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - As a former member of the Barrington CUSD220 Board of Education, I wish to voice my concern about the district's plan to reopen schools this fall. The Roadmap for Reopen...
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Editorial: Mayors may have to play hardball with residents over COVID complacencyJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A little more than a week ago, Gov. J.B. Pritzker sounded an alarm. With a rising segment of COVID-19 cases in Illinois befalling 20-somethings, he threatened to pull th...
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Trump as the lawJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - It's not just that Trump believes he is "above the law...", he thinks he IS the law, and lo and behold, anyone who disagrees, they'll have his personal lawyer (a la Roy ...
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Remove dam to guard water safetyJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - The Sierra Club appreciates the sense of history associated with the Graue Mill at the Fullersburg Forest Preserve, but has serious concerns about the concrete dam that ...
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Require teachers be in classroomJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - All along, we have been told to follow the science. Science is what dictated the close of schools and the economy for the better part of four months. The CDC and AAP, al...
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Speaking of civilityJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Macy's, Univision, HBO, Oreo Rolling Stone, Starbucks, Fox News, Harley-Davidson … just a partial list of businesses that President Trump has called for boycotts on. Thi...
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There are plenty of dangers with voting by mailJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - President Trump has said many times that voting by mail -- which will play a big role in this November's presidential election -- is vulnerable to fraud. "There is treme...
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Let truth, not party, decide on MadiganJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - While it's true that an opinion section offers leeway to speak your mind, please bear with me as I ask the following: Do you believe that an innocent man should go free?...
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Restrict eligibility for vote by mailJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Vote by mail, more correctly known as “absentee voting,” was originally adopted in the U.S. during the Civil War. Both Union and Confederate troops were enabled to cast ...
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Time to learn our system from the insideJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - I've spent a long time in politics, and over those years one thing has remained constant: There are a lot more Americans who criticize government than there are who ser...
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