Burlington Opinion
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Searching for what's best on school safetyMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - As a nation, we've been searching for answers since April 20, 1999, when two troubled students turned Columbine High School in Colorado into a mass murder scene. As resi...
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Shopping alone not always good ideaMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - On a recent night at around 6 p.m., I went shopping at a mall with my teen and pre-teen daughters, and friends. As we entered, two grungy-looking guys were hanging out ...
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Will we see some apologies now?Mar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I've been following the interesting domestic battery case concerning Paul Humpher and his wife. I see justice has prevailed and that Paul Humpher was found guilty of b...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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Saturday Soapbox: Sound-off timeMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Tired of awful roads and traffic? A governor who wants to add programs when the state can't pay its bills? Of education and social assistance programs being held hostage...
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Thanks for exposing these deceptionsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you "Daily Herald" for putting this item on page 2 on March 7. Would you please print my letter so the people that missed the article can read it. "TORONTO -- Pri...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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Coercive conversion by prayerful methodMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - As an American Jew, I'm highly offended, and also worried, by the Pope's prayer to "enlighten" Jews by praying for us to accept Christ as the Savior. Fortunately, praye...
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Dumping Electoral College a bad ideaMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - By all means, get rid of the Electoral College. That way, we only have to hold elections in the large cities. We can let one group of voters elect the leaders for the r...
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Dineen retirement leaves big holeMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It may not have yet struck the basketball community, but March 1, we all lost one of the finest people, if not the finest coach to grace the courts of the tradition rich...