Carol Stream Opinion
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Election commission gets low gradeNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - If I had to grade the DuPage County Election Commission on its handling of polling places in the recent election, I would give it at best a low C. I received a postal ca...
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Roskam headline diminishes votersNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - During a 55-year journalism career, I learned the instant and durable impression headlines make upon readers. The Daily Herald's headline over the article reporting Rep....
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Headline diminishes voters of 6th Dist.Nov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - During a 55-year journalism career, I learned the instant and durable impression headlines make upon readers. The Daily Herald's headline over the article reporting U.S....
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Don't fight mental illness aloneNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I was saddened to see your article on Oct. 25 regarding the Nathan Scott Foundation and the Scott family's struggle with mental illness. Five years ago my family also wa...
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Have Democrats gotten the message?Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Do the Democrats get it yet? The informed voters of the 6th Congressional district have sent, once again, a message to the Democratic party. What is that message? If you...
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Other side to 'other moral options'Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Some of us older readers may remember radio sage Alan J. Anthony who used to say in effect, "I have learned . . . that there are two sides to every issue." I would respe...
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Historical fiction can be dangerousNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - I am a big fan of historical novels. Purists like Henyk Sienkiewicz, and Ivanhoe author, Sir Walter Scott, are quite rare. Today we have Roger Moore and Oliver Stone. St...
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Next time, endorse a winner: RoskamNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald seems to have trouble getting the message that people of the 6th District prefer to be represented by someone who lives in the 6th District, knows his n...
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Harrowing near-miss in first voteNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - I turned 18 in September and was extremely excited that my first voting experience would be for this presidential election. I went to my assigned polling place right aft...
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Coal-powered plants deserve scrutinyNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - This country's abundant resource of coal brings many problems to our planet and to the communities in the areas where it is mined and burned: water and air pollution, re...