Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Blame Bernanke for retirees’ woesSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - You can thank Ben Bernanke for the recent stock market decline and the sluggish economy the past year. His steps to bring down long-term interest rates have further exac...
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Not pleased with Wheaton Drama playSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - I guess it is open season for Catholic bashing at Wheaton Drama. The play “Incorruptible” was offensive, rude and prejudicial. It didn’t leave one stone unturned for deg...
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With felonies, deportation has its placeSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - Trial and error is a hallmark of responsible government. It would be foolhardy to establish a law and never revisit it to see if it’s actually working, if it’s achieving...
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Pancreatic cancer bill needs supportSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - With a five-year survival rate of just 6 percent, pancreatic cancer has the lowest relative survival rate of all the cancers tracked by the American Cancer Society and t...
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Thanks for helping end hunger, literallySep 29, 2011 5:00 am - On behalf of everyone at Literacy DuPage and Loaves & Fishes, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Mayors Michael Gresk and George Pradel, Wheaton and Naperv...
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OCD in our midst, often unrecognizedSep 28, 2011 4:00 am - In an average elementary school there are likely five children suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In a medium to large high school, there are typically ...
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What else is one to think?Sep 28, 2011 4:00 am - In reference to “Don’t Blame Religion for Terrorism,” Sept. 24, if a terrorist is a Muslim and he cries Allahu Akhbar before committing a terrorist act, what else is one...
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Teachers union or education problem?Sep 28, 2011 4:00 am - On Sept. 14, I attended a community forum that the Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 held on its finances. The presentation the district made at this forum, of course, s...
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Some don’t bother to tidy up for dogsSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - I’ve been walking my dogs in Madison Meadow Park in Lombard for 15 years and have found it no problem to pick up after them. Almost all of my neighbors and others who en...
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Hey, Obama didn’t cause this messSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - In answer to Mary Ann Cronauer’s letter in your paper about Obama being a mediocre senator — Ha! Who started all this mess? The geniuses in the Republican party, headed ...