Bartlett Opinion
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Voter ID needed more than everApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - A recent writer to the Fencepost, Mr. James Prescott, joined with a few other misguided people in claiming that voter identification is an effort to discourage minoritie...
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Republican Party not what it wasApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - I used to have a lot of respect for both the Democratic and Republican parties. Not so much any more. “Back in the day,” both were able to maintain their moderate-libera...
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Alternative views were neededApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - The April 17 Fence Post letter “Why the Catholic Church has it right” clears up some questions I personally have had for 50 years. I want to thank Mr. Peter Nordlund for...
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Once they vote, what can taxpayers do?Apr 26, 2012 5:00 am - I agree with everything in your April 16 editorial, “Stop the pension penalty insanity.” What I want to know is how we taxpayers can do that? We seem to have no control ...
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A civics lesson to rememberApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - When President Kennedy was killed in 1963, I was in my second year at Northern Illinois University and was getting ready to go to my next scheduled class which was “civi...
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Sex slave trade a growing menaceApr 26, 2012 1:00 am - In today’s world, child sex slavery is an important term to understand thanks to its widespread presence throughout an alarming number of countries. As horrifying as it ...
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Carlin remarks cast a chill on CODApr 26, 2012 1:00 am - Thursday evening, April 19, College of DuPage Board Chairman David Carlin changed the tone of negotiations and cast a chill on the working relationships at the college. ...
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News media marked by subtle biasesApr 25, 2012 5:00 am - Growing up in Chicago in the early 1960s, I often heard the joke that if the Sun-Times forecast sunny, the Tribune would forecast cloudy. Always opposing viewpoints, but...
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Don’t blame pension problem on teachersApr 25, 2012 5:00 am - In your April 16 editorial, “Stop the pension insanity,” the Daily Herald came so close to getting it right. When talking about the people getting insane pensions you sa...
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Faculty knows better at CODApr 25, 2012 1:00 am - There is no joke about the College of DuPage having difficulties between their board and president and the faculty. What COD “sells” is a quality education, one that som...