Opinion Stories from July 31, 2011 (Change date)
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Do your part to keep the earth cleanJul 31, 2011 5:01 am - The pollution in the city of Chicago is horrible. Many people have been talking about it, but nothing has been done to actually fix the problem. One of the problems is t...
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The great divideJul 31, 2011 5:01 am - We’re in the midst of a great four-year national debate on the size and reach of government, the future of the welfare state, indeed, the nature of the social contract b...
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Heed warning on synthetic drugsJul 31, 2011 5:01 am - The recent editorial “Know when legal doesn’t mean safe” and the front page article on the young man who smoked synthetic THC, crashing his car and killing himself, shou...
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The suburbs teem with incredible young peopleAug 01, 2011 6:24 am - What amazing young people live in our midst. You've read some of the stories. There's Lexi Youngberg, an incredible 18-year-old from St. Charles who survived a horrific ...
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Had enough of the politicians’ ‘pledges’Jul 31, 2011 5:01 am - I have become extremely concerned about the proliferation of “pledges” that political candidates, particularly presidential candidates, are signing these days. The oldes...
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The power of the Big IdeaJul 31, 2011 5:01 am - Those who would chronicle events in Washington can find no richer source of analogy and metaphor than the Three Stooges. These days, I’m thinking of the times when an ex...
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Walsh is true to his districtJul 31, 2011 5:01 am - Once again I am confused — this time by Robert Mount’s letter (“This is really what’s wrong with politics” July 28). I do agree with Mr. Mount’s yawns regarding characte...
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Proper terms should be usedJul 31, 2011 5:01 am - Is it a policy of the Daily Herald to print verbatim from news releases? I refer to the July 14 “Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds” column that used the Pro-Life Action Le...
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Soccer’s day in U.S. is sure to comeJul 31, 2011 5:01 am - Overweight, middle-aged, T. rex sports writers aside, anyone who watched the women’s World Cup “gets it.” Hollywood could not craft a better story than the one played by...
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Surely another way to portray ‘Marilyn’Jul 31, 2011 5:01 am - The Marilyn Monroe statue put up in downtown Chicago seems to skirt around the “pervert laws” — especially circumventing the dirty old men with black patent leather shoe...
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