Burlington Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: Homing inApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Potential adopters don't have to pay an adoption fee and adoptees don't have to submit to a bunch of inoculations, but the annual Adopt-a-Cougar program is all about fin...
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Saturday Soapbox: 75 percent of life ust showing upApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Whoever said that might have had Todd Stroger in mind. At Palatine's request, the Cook County Board president has agreed to come to Harper College on April 30 to defend ...
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More opinion than fact in Isikoff storyApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Like all other mainstream media outlets, the Daily Herald has begun mixing news with opinion. On March 31, it included a story by Michael Isikoff of Newsweek. This is ...
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Nation's woes fault of few rigging gameApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years and wrote one of the best articles on the woes of this country and those responsible. Guess who? They are a very small ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fire chief's sudden departureApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The sudden departure of John Wu as Naperville's fire chief raises all sorts of questions this week as to exactly what happened and why. Rumors, of course, are flying all...
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Fight vs. racism still too lonely a pathApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Before leaving home this morning I discussed with my wife a recent incident in which my daughter was the victim of racial discrimination. It was a difficult conversation...
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Too little concern for our lost creaturesApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading the article about the Franklin County animal shelter fire, I have to say this situation reinforces the need for caretakers on the property of all shelters ...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Hard to celebrate all these lost jobsApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The article in the March 23 business section, "Business without borders," was stunning in its poor timing and insensitivity. I felt the article like a slap in the face. ...
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Black mark on city simply has to goApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - 222 Locust has been a black mark on our city for way too long. Built back in the 1970s, it's out dated and ugly and I'm sure there are structural problems as well. This ...