Elmhurst Opinion
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Warning from 40 years ago to heedOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Some 40 or more years ago, Paul Harvey, on his Noon Day Report, stated that the demise of most nations in history occurred from within. In each instance, the "fall" was ...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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County officials must share budget painOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, it probably would have taken a fairy godmother to bail DuPage County out of its budget crisis. But maybe she was too busy with other things to waste time wav...
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Change vote, for the sake of childrenOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - She was for it before she was against it. My representative, Judy Biggert, was one of 16 U.S. House Republicans, including Illinois' Mark Kirk, who originally supported ...
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Soapbox: Path needs another funding sourceOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Warrenville could walk away with something extra as part of the long-awaited thorium cleanup of the DuPage River. City representatives say they would like to see a netwo...
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Soapbox: Words hardly sufficeOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Adequate words truly fail in expressing condolences to longtime political fixture Jim Ryan and his wife, Marie, on the death by apparent suicide of their son Patrick. Te...
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If a shooting occurs and no one hears, does anyone care?Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - What if the police write a press release -- about, say, the shooting of three people in town -- but don't send it to the press? Does anyone care? About 150 people cared ...
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Women don't need Planned ParenthoodOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Human beings, unlike animals, have reason. They are able to choose their behavior. Oral contraceptives cause abortions. They are abortifacients. Either you don't know th...
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Even for maligned marathon, half-full glass close at handOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - If the Cubs could hit with men on base, the clear failings of this year's marathon would have been relegated to a front-page footnote. For the purposes of this column, I...
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Take CROP walk to change the worldOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Hunger and poverty are rampant in our world, and something must be done about them. Our Great Prairie Trail CROP Hunger Walk is a great place to start. For a few hours a...