Elmhurst Opinion
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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...
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Don't be too fast to pull the plugJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - In response to “Time to Pull the plug” found in the newspaper on Jan. 1, is it actually time to pull the plug? Both Christmas and the New Year are over, but is it time ...
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Tired of complaints about pension fundsJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - I am so sick of hearing uninformed people complain about pension funds. I have heard nobody claim we need to raise pensions, as Chris Frantzen states in the Dec. 31 Fenc...
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Media must rethink its Christian biasJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - On Christmas Day amid the joy of celebrating Christ's birth, as a Christian I was moved to ”weep with those who weep” (Romans 15.14). I learned that 58 fellow Christians...
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Note references to God and CreatorJan 04, 2011 12:00 am - When I read Theodore M. Utchen's Dec. 21 letter, I had to agree that there is no mention of God in the Constitution. However, he obviously did not read the Declaration ...
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Why return dog to his abuser?Jan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - I have three rescued cocker spaniels living at my house, and being adamant about taking good care of them and treating them and all animals with love, kindness and compa...