Aurora Opinion
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Harsh rhetoric isn't same as real debateMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Politics has been defined as the art of the possible. This must involve compromise to reach a solution. Unfortunately, many issues in our society will not be solved due ...
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Editorial missed important pointMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Reading your editorial of March 18 prompted me to revisit the Associated Press article about drugs in the drinking water. While your suggestion that people should dispos...
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Saturday Soapbox: Standing up for what she believesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - You can argue all you want about whether Linda Kane, the Central Times newspaper adviser at Naperville Central High School, overstepped her bounds by allowing student jo...
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Saturday Soapbox: Those ringing phonesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A bill has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that would ban those annoying "robo-calls" from politicians seeking your vote. You have to like this bill, t...
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Get a capital deal done in SpringfieldMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone knows we need a capital bill, and I thank Gov. Rod Blagojevich for trying to get it done. I also thank him for some great ideas in his budget, including that e...
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Foster, supporters offer us new hopeMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - You know it's a very different candidate when your newly elected congressman asks one of several Nobel laureates to stand beside him during a victory speech. Actors, at...
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Bill Foster's election seems healthy signMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - I was heartened with the election of Bill Foster to replace Dennis Hastert in the U.S. House, particularly since our area is often so staunchly Republican. I personally ...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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If GOP wants seat back, pick LauzenMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Many of those with political experience in the Fox Valley are working to analyze the results from our March 8 special election to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant by...
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Bridging the generation gap with Pat BooneMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - How do you like the new mug shot of me? Hard to believe it's five years ago to the month that I started writing this column. Hard to believe, too, how my hair has gotten...