Elmhurst Opinion
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NAACP racial criticism of tea party amusingJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - I was quite amused recently at the NAACP's indictment of the tea party, calling them racist and condemning them. I now believe that this "AstroTurf" organization, as loo...
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Paving the path to kids' perilous futureJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The sign stood for weeks on Gary Avenue, just north of Jewell Road in Wheaton. Put up by the government, it proclaimed in stentorian tones that "This project is funded b...
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Other momentous news deserves, gets big playJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - So much momentous news. For a year, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't shut up about his day in court. Then suddenly he says he doesn't need it. A strike halts major cons...
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Don't forget what GOP is doing now in CongressJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - It is important for all voters to remember what is happening in Congress now, when they enter the voting booth in November. The election is less than four months away, b...
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The obsolescence of marriageJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Susan Estrich's July 15 column is supportive of redefining marriage to include same-sex couples on the basis of fairness and inclusivity. She cites the Today show's deci...
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When 'diminished liberty' occursJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The debate over health care in this country is complicated enough without mucking it up with inappropriate comparisons, as David E. Smith (executive director of the Illi...
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Blue ribbon panel clears its ownJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to laugh when I read Eugene Robinson's article on accepting the global warming theory. Funny how Mr. Robinson cited a "blue ribbon panel" whose findings have clear...
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How to get soccer off the back pagesJul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - What if the score of a championship basketball game were 0-0 halfway through the second overtime? Imagine watching game highlights with nothing but fouls, fancy footwork...
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Blue ribbon panel clears its ownJul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to laugh when I read Eugene Robinson's article on accepting the global warming theory. Funny how Mr. Robinson cited a "blue ribbon panel" whose findings have clear...
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Strike deal is hardly a 'win-win'Jul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Gee, isn't that swell? The strike is over. "I think it was a win-win for all parties," Park Ridge-Niles Elementary District 64 Philip Bender said in the July 15 Daily H...