Bloomingdale Opinion
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Government guided by conscienceJan 25, 2011 10:00 pm - I was so heartened by the Jan. 20 letter in the paper telling of the website, nolabels.org. Awareness of how we use labels in our daily conversations is a first step to ...
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Springfield pilfered while we sleptJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - So this is what it feels to wake up one morning, suddenly and inexplicably poorer by $1,200. No burglar crept in during the night, to abscond with a stereo or jewelry. N...
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Jeff Engelhardt advocates forgiveness, not death penaltyJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Jeff Engelhardt is an intern in the Daily Herald's Springfield bureau and a graduate student at the University of Illinois-Springfield, enrolled in it...
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Fenton ‘community’ should be proudJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - The Interact Club at Fenton High School began planning to start a Special Olympics basketball team when they met the last part of the 2010 school year. In 2010-11, they ...
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Don’t spend what you don’t haveJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - It is my opinion that all Americans have got to stop spending what they do not have. That is what our present government has done. The use of credit cards has gotten unc...
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ZBA ignored facts on Islamic CenterJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - On Dec 2, the DuPage County Zoning Board of Appeals recommended to deny the request by Islamic Center of Western Suburbs to use the 2-acre property as a place of worship...
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Bias is not new in the national debateJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - What makes America great is that political debate is not only possible, it is encouraged. But lately, the current aggressive, shouting, and violent tone of the debate ha...
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A 15 percent drop in entitlements?Jan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - There is a harsh reality to face: Illinois is broke. Illinois did not get into this mess the same way that the federal government did with the real necessity of military...
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Waiting for jail guard memorialJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - I am pleased Oak Brook Village President John Craig knows what it’s like to struggle as a jail guard on his way to a much-needed retirement pension. I do take umbrage th...
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Need more, not fewer gun controlsJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Another mass killing. How many more will there be? Except for ranchers, others in the plains and licensed lawmen, Tuscon tells us that we need more restrictions and less...