Opinion Stories from December 13, 2007 (Change date)
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Remembering Astor, Fudge and "everyone's dog'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Friday-night trip to the animal hospital was not in our plans. But Fudge, our Boston Terrier, had abruptly keeled over, vomited, and seemed incapable of getting up. Be...
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Offer still stands to buy, destroy gunsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Carpentersville trustees are obfuscating regarding my offer to pay to destroy rather than sell the used guns that they are planning to sell. The trustees say they knew n...
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Let Gore uncover Venus' warmingDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - As explained in the Daily Herald, it seems that Venus and Earth were virtual twins at one time many years ago. Over time as Venus went through changes, its oceans disapp...
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Steroid scandal puts a blemish on baseballDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - We long ago disabused ourselves of the notion that professional athletes as a whole would put high honor in a cardinal rule of competition -- don't cheat. In baseball, i...
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Winfrey's endorsement bound to give Obama a boost in Iowa caucusesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- On Sunday, Mitch Stewart was a happy man. In a back room of the Barack Obama for President headquarters here, he was pawing through a mountain of car...
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'School 101' raises myriad questionsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Your series of in-depth articles on public education, costs, test scores, salaries, etc. prompted me to ponder some other questions about education that may need to be c...
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Various disorders too much to takeDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Clerks in stores have been saying, "Have a happy holiday" to me and I'm highly offended. "Holiday" is a derivative of the words "Holy Day" and thoughts of anything holy ...
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Where is morality in foreclosures?Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - My thought now is as it was on Nov 29 when I read Mr. James Slusher's column. Ninety-eight percent of foreclosures are unnecessary and benefit neither party. They are in...
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Some candidates advantages unfairDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Presidential candidates for 2008 are like students with cell phones during a test. They are being given extra support from outsiders, and in some cases they even have so...
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