Elmhurst Opinion
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Get rid of Cal Thomas, HeraldJan 07, 2011 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald reaches a new low point in publishing Cal Thomas' insane commentary on health care. The addition of the scary “death panel” to the usual chatter aimed a...
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Wheaton, can't think with wallets, egosJan 07, 2011 10:00 pm - I read the article today regarding the sale of Hubble Middle School. It is interesting because as a business person (which I think some of the board and superintendent t...
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Don't trash those pay phones just yetJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - Another example of the need for redundancy in our nations' communication network is the recent East Coast blizzard. Since 9/11 every man, woman and child has been led t...
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Cul-de-sacs: Second-class citizensJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - The city of Naperville has between 1,100 and 1,200 cul-de-sacs, as told to me by an employee of the public works department. If you average 10 houses per cul-de-sac, a r...
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Illinois is the new CaliforniaJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - Under left-leaning Governor Quinn, who was lieutenant governor before his recent election, Illinois is now among the top 10 biggest government default risks in the world...
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The Soapbox: Fading sympathyJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - Which is more shabby, prosecutors revealing ex-Gov. George Ryan's two-hour visit with his dying wife or Ryan's attorneys playing the sympathy card to try to get him free...
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Our soldiers should start a unionJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - We now have seen political correctness in picking heroes. At the site of the twin towers, we had fireman and police, city workers and many people off the street perform ...
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Study raw numbers, economics, historyJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - This is in response to David Marzahl's Fence Post letter of Jan. 3. His argument simply does not hold water. In the six quarters before the 2003 Bush tax cuts, the GDP ...
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One death out of place in year's recapJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - I read with much sadness in the Dec. 28 Daily Herald of the many lives lost in 2010. There were many stories of people less than half my age who are gone now as a result...
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Constitution is the only sacred textJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - After reading Mr. Van Dine's theological diatribe in the Jan. 2 Daily Herald, I wondered if he thinks he's living in the Vatican or the United States of America. The peo...