All Stories from October 23, 2013 (Change date)
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Marching with Lee: A countercultural vision forwardOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - Sen. Mike Lee is a man to listen to. Washington, D.C., Congress and some Republican senators are not the most popular people in America today, but suspend your judgment ...
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Writer misguided on several frontsOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - In response to Diane Niesman’s letter of Sept. 30 criticizing Congressman Peter Roskam in particular and the GOP in general, let me say she should read something other t...
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Editorial: The benefits of video visits for jail inmatesOct 23, 2013 7:54 am - “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” was TV cop Tony Baretta’s chilling warning in the 1970s of the penalty for breaking the law. Incarceration, whether it’s a ...
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Snowden, reconsideredOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - What are we to make of Edward Snowden? I know what I once made of him. He was no real whistle-blower, I wrote, but “ridiculously cinematic” and “narcissistic” as well. A...
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It’s a shame to lose HelanderOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - I read with sadness the statement from longtime Lake County Clerk Willard Helander regarding her plans not to seek re-election next year. She cited state efforts to chan...
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Voting is important enough to use I.D.Oct 23, 2013 5:00 am - This letter is in response to Len Brauer of Palatine (Your Views, Oct. 6) and his mistaken ideas on voter fraud. In today’s world, you need a photo I.D. to cash a check,...
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Punishments not matching the crimeOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - What’s wrong with this picture? Just came back from a drive to South Carolina and couldn’t help but notice their extremely clean highways. Then spotted a sign, “No Litte...
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Dawn Patrol: Multi-suburb police chase; Accident on I-90Oct 23, 2013 9:57 am - Accident on westbound I-90 blocking lanes The Illinois Tollway is reporting an accident on westbound I-90 at Dundee Road is blocking two lanes and delaying traffic ...
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Air-conditioning District 21 schools would cost $17 millionOct 24, 2013 5:38 am - Air-conditioning all the schools in Wheeling Elementary District 21 would cost about $17 million, and the district might ask voters in March to approve issuing bonds to ...
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Time to step up and combat heroin abuseOct 23, 2013 4:40 am - I commend the Daily Herald for its succession of articles and editorial opinions focusing attention on the record rise of heroin overdose deaths throughout DuPage County...