Opinion Columns
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$62,000 to keep superintendent's contract privateMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - This just in to the newsroom: $62,498.91. That's the amount Wheaton Warrenville District 200 has spent in legal fees trying to keep a former superintendent's contract ou...
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What kind of change is this? Not.Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It is still early, not even two-thirds of the way through the vaunted 100 days, and we are all admonished not to make judgments or dire predictions. Yet enough has been ...
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Old Baby Boomers still spur changeMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Let me see if I have it right: Older Americans ought to keep working in order to lighten the burden of Social Security and assorted benefits on younger generations. Olde...
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Judge's closed doors aren't helping get justice for JeanineMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Depending on your age, you will recognize some or all of these names: Helen Brach, Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, the Schuessler-Peterson boys, Marilyn Lemak, the Spilo...
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Foundering father better figure it outMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - What a relief to hear Barack Obama tell a California audience the other day: "I am the president of the United States of America." Who knew?! Lately, it's been hard to t...
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Are you smarter than a city council candidate?Mar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Attention Napervilleans, candidates, others interested in the local electoral process. Here's a pop quiz. Part I: Can you name the people who hold these key jobs: Police...
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Annoying, yes, but 'sunshine' makes a good democracyMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - If you've followed the Daily Herald very closely this week, you know that the Wheaton Warrenville school district is fighting in the state Supreme Court for the right to...
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Stewart smacks the wrong messengerMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - What Jon Stewart needs is Jon Stewart. He could use a droll comedian to temper his ferocity and correct him when he's wrong, as he was about the financial media, particu...
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Obama critics, friends signal honeymoon's endMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Two months into his presidency, it is far too soon to make any judgments about Barack Obama's prospects. All we really know is that he has assembled the rudiments of an ...
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To use embryos without limit is wrongMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week, the White House invited me to a signing ceremony to overturn the Bush (43) executive order on stem cell research. I assume this was because I have long argued...