Bolingbrook Opinion
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Why does U.S. treat churches differently?Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Cult religions are unacceptable to the citizens of the USA if they involve polygamy or residential compounds. However, if a religion has a pastor who spews hatred and r...
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Taxpayers, pluck these dandelionsApr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Instead of Saturday's headline, "Democrats popping up like daffodils," a more descriptive simile would have been: "Democrats, and their close Illinois RINO (Republicans ...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Religion, politics an unsettling mixApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Both Barack Obama and John McCain have suffered embarrassment by religious leaders who support their political aspirations. Presidential candidates are required to prov...
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Failed land deal isn't a crushing blowApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't seem like Batavia and Mooseheart ever got to the point where Howie Mandel would have to ask "Deal or No Deal?" As time passed, it became less likely that Batav...
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Illinois Municipal League fairytalesApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The recent "Chicken Little" article regarding police and fire pensions is just baloney. The Illinois Municipal League is claiming the sky is falling and screaming (not c...
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Plasma arcs could cure landfill problemApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - In the U.S., there are approximately 2,000 landfill sites. The country generates about 230 million tons of solid waste a year. Thanks to recycling and other efforts, onl...
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Kane transit cash talk goes from 'I want' to 'we need'Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Seems there's nothing quite like a big pile of somebody else's money to make politicians' eyes light up and the saliva begin to flow. "When it began to dawn on people th...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Don't abandon right way to battle drugsApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - You see it in the face of the anguished mother, weeping over a rifled jewelry box, knowing it was her son who robbed her again to buy his drugs. You see it in the emerge...