Elmhurst Opinion
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Boy Scouts are about exclusionDec 28, 2009 10:00 pm - The Dec. 20 Daily Herald carried a full-page story on the Boy Scouts of America as the BSA reaches its 100th Anniversary next February. The story pointed out the BSA's d...
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Urge lawmakers to fix immigration lawsDec 27, 2009 10:00 pm - As the director of a nonprofit Immigrant Legal Services program, I confront the irrationalities of our nation's immigration legal system on a daily basis. Our current sy...
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GOP took lead on slavery, civil rightsDec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - On Dec. 7, while pushing for Obamacare medicine, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid declared: "All the Republicans can come up with is this: Slow down, stop everything, let's start ov...
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How has Naperville been unjust?Dec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - I have been following with mild amusement the sparring between Scott Huber and the city of Naperville. Mr. Huber continually alleges "city government injustices." What ...
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We put the 'baby' in baby boomersDec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Baby boomers? More like "baby bust" if you ask this one. As I head into my mid-fifties, I look back to see what our generation has done for mankind, and more specificall...
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Poor Al Gore; global warming debunkedDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Things aren't going well for Al Gore. Maybe he will have his Oscar and Nobel Peace Prize that he received for his global-warming propaganda "An Inconvenient Truth" taken...
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isn't true about health care planDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Let's see. According to President Obama and the Democratic Party: 1. Government-run health care will reduce costs. Not true. The plan will be paid for by raising taxes o...
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Clarifying remarks on COD teachersDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - In the Dec. 12 edition of the Daily Herald, I was quoted in an article about the College of DuPage English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and complaints voiced the n...
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Health care proof of Democrat intrusionDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Conservative commentators have said that the Obama/Democratic leadership has undertaken a lot of their efforts to gain more government control of our society and how we ...
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Get informed on public pension crisisDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - I've been a firefighter for 23 years. My occupation is at the center of the discussion on the public pension funding crisis. We have all seen numerous articles, letters ...