Arlington Heights Opinion
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Scrapbook time of year for parents is good news for us allMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Individually, graduates may be experiencing the raw ache of 'last times' for so many activities, but collectively, they remind us of an important cycle of life When you ...
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McCain would continue tragedyMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - John McCain was a hero and survived unimaginable suffering as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. This was truly a tragedy, but no more so than the tragedy that w...
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Beauty and love, light years awayMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, a point of light became observable for the first time through a new giant binocular telescope installed on a sacred Navajo mountaintop in Arizona. This point ...
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It's time for us to take a toxic holiday<May 19, 2008 11:00 pm - This Go Green, May 16 issue, produced by Niche publications, part of the Daily Herald, is invaluable. The physical environment, as well as the food we consume, plays an...
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Keeping roads free of unsafe driversMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Since another newspaper has done an expose on "Why are They Still Driving," it has come to my attention that there is a new wrinkle to these drivers who should not be dr...
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News media is helping ObamaMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The media is winning the nomination for Obama. I'm seriously troubled with the so-called pundits and cable news anchors who constantly fail to recognize Sen. Clinton's h...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook CountyMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Both right and wrong When Hoffman Estates police officer Vince Pusateri declined to shake Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stroger's hand at Tuesday's disaster drill at t...
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Assessments mean big tax hikes loomMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Many thanks to Dave Souder (Fence Post, Wednesday) for his in-depth research into the outrageous property tax assessment increases in Wheeling Township. While citizens ...
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The high cost of illegal immigrantsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Today we hear so much about the dire straits our Social Security is facing. In the not too distant future, the fund will become insolvent. In 1980, 100,000 Cubans ente...
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The outrageous hike in assessmentsMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Wheeling Township total assessed valuation increases 30 percent, or 10 percent per year since the last reassessment. Total 2007 assessed valuation for 59,511 parcels is ...