All Stories from October 3, 2012 (Change date)
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Muffling the drums of warOct 03, 2012 5:00 am - If you want to read a cautionary tale about whether Israel will attack Iran, I suggest Kurt Eichenwald’s “500 Days,” which is not about that question at all. It describe...
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This average baseball fan feels like a sapOct 03, 2012 5:00 am - The 2012 baseball season ended appropriately Wednesday with a dreary drizzle dampening the Chicago area. If that doesn't sum up the Cubs and White Sox, what could? Follo...
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Dawn Patrol: Probation in fatal DUI; prison soldOct 03, 2012 5:00 am - Lombard trustees to split rest of village president's term Two of Lombard's village trustees will split the rest of late Village President William J. Mueller's term...
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The women who led the wayOct 03, 2012 5:00 am - Gloria Steinem is unmistakable. Across the room surrounded by a clutch of admirers, she is utterly ageless — sleek and svelte in black form-fitting pants and top, a gol...
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Kirk fortunate to be a senatorOct 03, 2012 4:40 am - I am happy to read of Sen. Mark Kirk’s progress after months of rehabilitation following his stroke. I hope he realizes that most of his countrymen would never have the ...
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Romney’s narrow view of the worldOct 03, 2012 4:40 am - Mitt Romney has demonstrated that he is incompetent on foreign affairs. All he knows about the world outside Wall Street is preaching Mormon religion from a French châte...
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Nice job on tax clinicOct 03, 2012 4:40 am - An excellent Property Tax Clinic was recently held by Mark Armstrong, Supervisor of Kane County Assessments. The professional and interesting presentation included the f...
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Where did moderate Republicans go?Oct 03, 2012 4:40 am - I’m a resident of the 52nd State House District, where right-wing Republican David McSweeney is running against Independent Dee Beaubien. No Democratic candidate is runn...
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FDR’s ‘New Deal’ and Mussolini rootsOct 03, 2012 4:39 am - FDR’s ‘New Deal’ and Mussolini roots A Fence Post commentary of Sept. 17, “Republicans trying to have it both ways,” rekindles the Great Depression era when this se...
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More to geese than their messesOct 03, 2012 4:39 am - More to geese than their messes As I walked back to my car after a second attempt to help save an injured goose that was laying in a muddy pond, I thought about whe...