Bolingbrook Opinion
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America's media is not in dangerApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - I read your editorial about the Reporters Without Borders report and what I see is a mainstream news media again using fear to further polarize this country. Never fear,...
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President doesn't show thought, discretionApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - When Trump finds out he has something at his disposal, he cannot wait to play with it. Take executive orders. He has issued 102 since he started, almost one per week. So...
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Smart climate policy is availableApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - As Earth Day has just passed, consider the role of hope and cynicism in discussing our most-pressing challenge, decarbonizing our economy. Everyone supports "clean energ...
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Venezuela shows chaos of socialismApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - Venezuela is in crisis. Under the socialist regimes of Hugo Chávez and Nicolas Maduro, a nation that in the 1950s was the wealthiest nation in South America with vast oi...
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We must also strengthen global vaccine programsApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - With seven cases of measles in Illinois, I am more grateful than ever that there is a vaccine to prevent this disease. I'm thankful that we all enjoy easy access to life...
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Let women be leaders in Catholic ChurchApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has been happening at least since the 11th century. Ten centuries later, church leaders are still struggling to protect tens of...
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Don't remove protections for wolvesApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - In a devastating move, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed removing federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the country. Removing f...
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Do the math and keep vaccinatingApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - A letter to the editor April 6 from a baby boomer cites the pre-vaccine era in the 1950s where no one feared the measles. I am of the same generation. I also had the mea...
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Letter: Keep gray wolves on endangered listApr 11, 2019 11:00 pm - Before the Endangered Species Act, gray wolves nearly went extinct. The Interior Department's current plan to delist wolves in the Lower 48 states could be a death sente...
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Say 'no' to alcoholic ice creamApr 02, 2019 1:00 am - Do you want your kids to go into an ice cream shop that serves liquor-infused ice cream in downtown Naperville? I disagree with the liquor commission's approval of a new...