Bloomingdale Opinion
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GOP not interested in health reformDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Have you noticed how the letters to the editor in favor of health insurance reform often include personal stories from regular people to illustrate their opinions? The c...
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No hypocrisy in pro-life movementDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - In a Nov. 27 letter, Theodore M. Utchen suggested that the pro-life movement was somehow guilty of hypocrisy, because current health care legislation under consideration...
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Give ear to the most at-risk studentsDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - For school officials considering budgets, the toughest decisions come when cuts go head to head with goals to ensure that every child has a chance to succeed. Those stud...
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Socialized medicine shouldn't create fearDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I am outraged by the comments on health care in the newspaper. I cannot fathom why people are so afraid of it. Let's start by calling a spade a spade. The bill being vo...
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What is wrong with Addison?Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I suggest that the Village of Addison change the town motto. I don't know to what, but it sure isn't the village of friendship. The latest headline grabber is of the se...
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Reform means big tax increasesDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I encourage all of our politicians to vote "no" for health care reform. Reform is needed but the Obama plan will kill our economy with huge tax increases for four years ...
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Conservatives have misplaced prioritiesDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Conservatives denounce federal spending for many social programs, health care, stimulus packages, etc. They cite the burden being placed on future generations by running...
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Please rethink decision on troopsDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Dear Mr. President: Please do not send more of our young people to Afghanistan. This is not the way to peace, stability, prosperity, or hope for any of us. Scripture mea...
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We shouldn't be told to prayDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Regarding the Nov. 30 article, "Can local governments pray?" The headline made me laugh, and remember a time when "banning prayer in schools" was in the news in the city...
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Wheaton theater plans in good handsDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald's editorial "Wheaton should seize this opportunity" is farsighted and wise. As one who worked with Ray Shepardson in the 1970s on his first great theate...