Bartlett Opinion
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I'll go ahead and say it: 'Christmas'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Warning: If you are politically correct, please skip this column. This is a story about Christmas. I figure it's OK for me to actually write that word Christmas since it...
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Saturday Soapbox: Toothless censureDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - On Tuesday, the Naperville City Council voted to censure fellow Councilman Richard Furstenau. Council members cited a history of disrespectful behavior toward city staf...
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Saturday Soapbox: Leaf-burning decision anti-climacticDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - After years of study, plenty of discussion and a full community survey, North Barrington's long-delayed decision this week on leaf-burning was a bit anti-climactic. Trus...
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Death of 'everybody's grandmother' a tough but essential storyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - What if you had to write the obituary on your own grandmother? With all due respect to Rose Tani's family, that's almost the situation we had in this newsroom when the n...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...
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Bush behaves like petulant boy-kingDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - I have just heard our president criticize the Congress for its inability to pass legislation which he wants. The president is supposed to be the leader of the American p...
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...
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'Bad' intelligence a too-familiar refrainDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - 'Bad' intelligence a too-familiar refrain There is recent news regarding our intelligence failures, oh, I mean disclosures. Apparently our intelligence operation is mor...
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Medical suit reform must stay in placeDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Like all physicians in DuPage County and the rest of Illinois, I was frustrated to learn that Cook County circuit court Judge Diane Larsen decided the medical lawsuit re...
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Research shows teens mature slowlDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Two articles about the teenage brain (Daily Herald, Dec. 3) present evidence about how many years it takes for the judgment centers in the teenage brain to mature. This ...