Bloomingdale Opinion
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Keep Thanksgiving spirit all weekendNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - Thanksgiving is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the following year. The irony is that this day of feeling blessed is followed by Black Frid...
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#MeToo movement is hearteningNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The first time I was sexually molested, I spoke out. I was a kindergartner and the resulting reactions to my "telling on" our elderly neighbor were traumatic - adults s...
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Abortion is the woman's decisionNov 17, 2017 11:01 pm - Ellen Butler in her letter of Nov. 4, declares that abortion is not a religious issue, but rather it is a moral issue inasmuch as HB 40 supports the taking of a life by ...
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GOP tax reform will make Russia great againNov 14, 2017 11:01 pm - Republican "tax reform" bill reminds me of my observant high school teacher in Germany, who said that people seem to have no lack of money to spend on frivolous stuff, ...
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$20,456 is not enough to pay the rentNov 08, 2017 11:01 pm - I read with curiosity, Walter E. Williams' column of Oct. 18, deploring the unfairness of America's federal tax system which has those with the top 1 percent of income p...
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Try checking out socialism in VenezuelaNov 06, 2017 12:01 am - Regarding the letter headlined, "Don't like Socialism? It really isn't that bad, " maybe if the writer went to Venezuela and spoke to the people, his idea would be diffe...
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GOP: Win first, consequences laterNov 05, 2017 12:01 am - Republicans seem so focused on getting a legislative win that the details and consequences of their "tax reform" bill appear at best secondary. Chasing faster economic g...
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Even in fire pit, don't burn leavesNov 05, 2017 12:01 am - As autumn chill leads to falling leaves, I will not be burning them in a backyard fire pit like a few of my Wheaton neighbors might do. It may seem OK, given that the f...
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Pence NFL walk-off an expensive stuntOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - At an Oct. 8 NFL game, the White House pulled off a very expensive stunt. At the cost of more than $30,000 an hour, we taxpayers paid for the use of Air Force Two and we...
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When is it time to talk about gun control?Oct 21, 2017 12:01 am - April 16, 2007, a gunman armed with automatic weapons kills 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech University. When the American public called for stricter gun control...