Opinion Stories from June 21, 2011 (Change date)
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Budget-cutting talk forgotten for raiseJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - In a June 8 Daily Herald article, “Naperville council tables mechanical amusement tax increase,” Councilman Doug Krause said he couldn’t believe his peers would opt out ...
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Why the media’s obsession with Palin?Jun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The news media constantly tell us Sarah Palin is stupid and irrelevant. If so, why do the media relentlessly hound her and her family? Why do they analyze and twist ever...
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Suburban teachers have it too goodJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois legislative session recently ended, and the issue of public pensions was not addressed. The money the state owes to pay for these pensions leaves precious f...
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No escaping the obviousJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - It’s an irony of the modern age that the most devastating kind of sex scandal, at least for politicians, doesn’t involve actual sex. As Rep. Anthony Weiner has learned. ...
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Hold Obama to same standardJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The governor of New Jersey used a state helicopter to attend his son’s ballgame. When called out, he rightly paid this personal expense. Please tell me why Obama did not...
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Priest, state provide lesson on gamblingJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - A recent edition tells of the priest of St. Walter Catholic Church in Roselle absconding with $400,000 of his parish funds and gambing it away. More that $25,000 one day...
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Libya and the Potemkin allianceJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - America’s intervention in Libya’s civil war, the most protracted and least surreptitious assassination attempt in history, was supposed to last “days, not weeks,” but is...
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Enough with the 4th-grade humorJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - Seriously? There have been a plethora of jokes on the daily news and entertainment shows about former Congressman Anthony Weiner, the majority of them poking fun of his ...
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Gas numbers don’t add upJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - When crude oil was $147 per barrel regular gasoline was about $4.30 per gallon. Now crude oil is about $100 per barrel and regular gasoline is about $4.30 per gallon. Us...
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Show support for COD journalistsJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The replacement of College of DuPage professor Cathy Stablein as adviser to the Courier student newspaper is a thinly veiled attempt to get rid of a highly skilled, awar...
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