Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Shame on Bush for approving tortureApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Well, it seems our President Bush, who professes to be a man of great Christian faith, has now vetoed the bill to prevent water boarding and other forms of torture from ...
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NIU tragedy leaves scar on our soulApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - My husband Tom and I are both NIU grads. It's where we met. The scenes that we watched on TV are of places we have walked many times. In addition, the school where I tea...
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Get out of Iraq and protect our bordersApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - We should never have invaded Iraq in the first place. Iraq is only about oil and Bush's fantasies. There was no terror threat to America until we invaded them. Now all A...
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Reagan's words haunt RepublicansApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Ronald Reagan stated what he considered the nine scariest words in the English language: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Well everyone, the federal gover...
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All are invited to Relay For LifeApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Please stop by and help us celebrate our cancer survivors in a special first lap, remember those we have lost to cancer and pledge to fight back against this disease. Ou...
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End debt for Third World countriesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - This is an open letter to U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam. Neil was in the band and orchestra and Mark was a towne crier. Our paths diverged since graduating as Grens, but now, ...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Saturday Soapbox: Thanks for thinking of themApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the lesser publicized aspects of John and Rita Canning's generous donation to Northwest Community Hospital is worth a closer look. Part of their $1 million contri...
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Why not wait until party convention?Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Why all the hullabaloo about which Democratic candidate gets the most delegates? The convention, that's the thing. Paul Taulbee Schaumburg ...
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If we look, we can find a cure for warApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - In my hometown of Lake Placid in the early '40s, I met Lowell Thomas, the famous radio broadcaster on the ski slopes. In 1946, I met William Shirer, author of "Berlin D...