Aurora Opinion
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Put same yardstick to all terroristsSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - On Sept. 9, when 44-year-old Jose Flores acted on a "divine revelation" and hijacked an Aeromexico Flight 576, he was described as a "religious fanatic" and a "bible-car...
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Marine's death lost among the adsSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing today in regard to the story you ran on Sept. 6, "Death of a Marine." I found it awfully sad that the story of this soldier, who died in battle for our coun...
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Cash for Clunkers for seniors?Sep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A version of "Cash for Clunkers" might be one answer to reducing government costs for medical care. Seniors could be offered incentives to forgo expensive medical proced...
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Opposition to new speed limit doesn't make senseSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - In reply to AAA Chicago Regional President Mr. Brad Roeber's letter decrying the state's decision to allow semis to go 65 mph on our highways ... you should get out more...
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Would Dems not let a Republican speak?Sep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I have never been so shocked by behavior of the public institutions with which I am associated as I was to learn of the decision of Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200...
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Fight fear by building communitySep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you for the editorial in the Sunday, Sept. 6 paper. Your note, "The partisan divide has never seemed wider than it does today," is further emphasized by a comment ...
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Paying lip service to the radical right?Sep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Congratulations to Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 on its wrongheaded decision to ban President Obama's speech. All wise parents know that the easiest way to get i...
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D300 shouldn't have played Obama speechSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - When District 300 Superintendent Ken Arndt recently complained about parents being concerned about President Obama's school time address, he forgets that our children ar...
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Don't forget people voted for changeSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - It strikes me that most of the same people who see reform of the health insurance system as an intolerable governmental intrusion had very little to say about the massiv...
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Concern for Obama speech irrational?Sep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - A recent Daily Herald editorial chastised parents' reaction to Obama's planned speech to schoolchildren as "going over the top." Was it really irrational for parents to ...