Opinion Stories from June 13, 2011 (Change date)
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Cellphone, auto makers can stop textingJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - I read your June 6 article warning not to text in construction areas and school areas. What about no texting anywhere in the U.S. while driving? You can give all the war...
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Can’t get a copy of the dam studyJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Three times I’ve FOIA’d the city of Warrenville for information regarding its “gates full open” study of Fawell Dam. And three times I’ve been thwarted by bureaucratic m...
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Anthony Weiner, you’re no Patrick KennedyJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Sunday’s Tony Awards program reminds us that new media didn’t invent the egotist who doesn’t know when to exit. Live theater is millennia old, and one awardee hogged so ...
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In defense of flip-flopperyJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Here we go all over again. Read my lips and bring ’em on. It’s the economy, stupid. Gotcha! Which is to say, the stupid season is upon us. Same story, same characters, ...
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Thanks for help with diabetes campaignJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - The Dundee Township Lions Club wishes to thank the community for their exceptional generosity during the diabetes awareness campaign. The contributions provide awareness...
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Truth in sentencing drains Illinois fundsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Results of a study of the truth-in-sentencing law have been sent to every senator and representative in the state of Illinois. Truth in sentencing costs taxpayers a grea...
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It was survivor’s right to thank GodJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - My response is to the June 4 letter written by Theodore Utchen of Wheaton. Dear Mr. Utchen; Of course, you are free to believe in trusting one’s “lucky stars” if you wi...
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Kevorkian a batting champ for humanityJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 83, more famously known as “Dr. Death” for assisting over 130 terminally ill people to commit humane suicide between 1990 and 1999, ironically died p...
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Banks insensitive to despositorsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - The May 15 Wall Street Journal Sunday section in the Daily Herald should be required reading for every high school and college student in America. The banking industry’s...
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Taxpayers lose if gambling expandedJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - I am no self-righteous puritan; if it feels good do it, so long as no harm occurs to others. But expanded casino gambling does nothing more than a stack the deck against...
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