Carol Stream Opinion
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Skunks undeserving of ‘nuisance’ labelOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - Skunks undeserving of ‘nuisance’ label Skunks serve a purpose. They eat grubs. If you eliminate the skunks, you will see more Japanese beetles destroy your lovely g...
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Sharing information key to safer schoolsOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - On the surface, it appears Illinois school districts are doing what they should when it comes to cooperation between administrators and local police agencies. After all,...
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Thanks to Roskam for urging FDA to actionOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - Thanks to Roskam for urging FDA to action Recently, I had the chance to meet with Congressman Peter Roskam to talk about the challenges facing people with Type 1 di...
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‘Smarter’ ComEd bills are comingOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - ‘Smarter’ ComEd bills are coming I must admit that I was not pleased that the Illinois legislature gave ComEd its rate hike over the governor’s veto. It seemed to m...
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How our schools excel while failing the examOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - Our children’s schools are failing. More so than ever. That’s the message being conveyed if you look strictly at the data of the 2011 report card for all schools in Illi...
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Evil results from a lack of GodOct 29, 2011 5:07 am - A few thoughts for Joe Bauer (“If God’s so loving, then why the mess?”) on Oct. 18: Joe, God is loving and he did not create this mess. To explain, let’s go back in hist...
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Stop politics as popularity contestsOct 29, 2011 5:07 am - Political debates are a ruse orchestrated by the mainstream media for their own benefit. I am fed up with he said-she said politics that are prompted by the hosts to see...
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Enough meddling with dictatorshipsOct 29, 2011 5:07 am - Nations that are dictatorships transfer power through the violent overthrow of their dictator. This is the natural course of events for dictatorships. We and the United...
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Lower drinking age can solve problemsOct 29, 2011 5:07 am - Its 7 a.m., you’re having breakfast, pick up you newspaper and once again there’s an article about a teenager getting him/herself in trouble caused by underage drinking....
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Teen alternatives to jail good for allOct 28, 2011 5:00 am - It’s not every day that a state legislature working to trim the budget could be making life much better for those on whom we traditionally have spent a lot of money. But...