Opinion Stories from July 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Go MicheleJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - For a Democrat, it’s too good to be true. Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney running neck and neck in Iowa. Romney having to worry about the one in five who won’t vote for...
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Opportunity in unkempt propertiesJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - The June 15 article about good news on Schaumburg foreclosure rates improving is indeed positive, yet the numbers remain too high to signal any recovery or turnaround in...
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Dissolve NATO and bring spending homeJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - Bob Gates, the outgoing Secretary of Defense, gave members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization a stern warning to step up their military and political support, oth...
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We must plan for great, gray suburbsJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - Suburbs here and around the nation are graying at a rapid rate, a new report shows. Forty percent of suburban residents are 45 or older, up from 34 percent in the previo...
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Underage drinking letter off baseJul 01, 2011 11:28 pm - This is a response to Joe McKeown’s letter titled “Wrong approach to underage drinking?” published on June 28. I’m afraid that by criticizing the police for cracking dow...
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Have patience with English learnersJul 01, 2011 11:29 pm - I agree 100 percent with Ms. Cepeda’s column titled “When the accent is on the language.” Yes, it may be difficult for those of us who speak only English to understand a...
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Roosevelt didn’t end Great DepressionJul 01, 2011 11:28 pm - Democrats claim, with metaphysical certitude, that Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt ended the Great Depression with massive federal spending. Let us review the...
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Forest district can find needed fundsJul 01, 2011 11:27 pm - Commissioner Michael Formento stated that there is no funding in the DuPage Forest Preserve District’s budget to get the Churchill buildings up to code. I thought the ci...
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The SoapboxJul 01, 2011 6:05 pm - Leave it to experts: Yes, you've heard it often, but it's time again for that annual reminder: Leave the fireworks to the experts. They put on a much better show ...
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Retired teachers not living luxuriouslyJul 01, 2011 11:28 pm - I would like to reply to Ken Kitzing’s letter, “Public pensioners have a sweet deal” in the June 15 Fence Post. After graduating from Northern Illinois State Teachers Co...