Bolingbrook Opinion
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Writer's convoluted idea of patriotismDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - I experienced the gambit of emotions after attending a Veteran's Day ceremony in Naperville. Then I went from overwhelming gratitude and patriotism to disgust and ire, r...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Women need truth on breast canceDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - In her Dec. 4 column, Susan Estrich ponders the effects of the environment on the rise of certain diseases. Near the end of the column she mentions a discussion with he...
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Diverse views are to be appreciatedDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Mr. Shewmon's Dec. 2 letter to the editor seems to show no concern for the idea of citizens learning by being well informed. The Daily Herald's policy on printing column...
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Soapbox: From interest-free to freeDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The deal the city of Naperville has reached with outgoing City Manager Peter Burchard seems unusual even for the private sector, where CEOs who are fired often get gener...
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How the Naperville grinches ruined Christmas. Or not.Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - OK, I was a bit disappointed when the note arrived from one of my editors. "Naperville didn't ruin Christmas, after all." We were in hot pursuit of this breathtaking sto...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Global warming can't be ignoredDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Robert Graham of Naperville (Fence Post, Nov. 8) claims that the evidence given by scientists about people's contributions to global warming is inconclusive. He states t...
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DuPage County Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Gridiron glory Everything fell in place for Naperville North High School's football team to capture the 8A state championship last weekend over Glenbard North. We congra...