Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Filibuster reform support neededJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - I urge Senators Kirk and Durbin to support filibuster reform. Senators blocking debate on legislation do not even have to hold the floor-or even show up-to carry out the...
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We need a new breed of DemocratJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - It's two years until the Republicans overextend themselves again. It's hard to give up Biblical trickledown, gay-baiting Second Amendment ideology. The real question is...
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Don't send us to 'net for the full storyJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - Have you heard the media lately, especially on television? They give you a story and never finish it. Their next line is: “For the full story go to www.com.” With techno...
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Like to skip Illinois hitting the bottomJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - As I wrap up my college career, I have begun to make some important decisions about my future. In doing so, I find myself considering an option that had never seemed via...
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On unemployment and commercialsJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - On unemployment and commercials Two Thoughts: The Government should cut unemployment compensation and save lots of money. People would find a job if they didn't get...
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Ryan's greed comes back to hauntJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - As I watched the news, my heart broke for George Ryan's family. It brought me back to a place I never wanted to go: The funeral of six children. The caskets started out ...
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Welcome to new county leadersJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - The year 2011 has some new beginnings in DuPage County administrations. I want to welcome Dan Cronin to his new position as DuPage County Board Chairman and hope he exhi...
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Raising income tax the right thing to doJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - The upcoming debate on the Illinois budget will be framed in the tone of the free-spending Dems, the lazy unions, the bloated pensions, the welfare state and the job-des...
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U.S. is an imperial, corporate stateJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - We'll never solve the fiscal problems our country is in until we end the non-declared (unconstitutional) wars on the Asiatic mainland, now turning into perpetual war (sh...
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'Everything on table' means every thingJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - If the Republicans are serious about putting “every single thing on the table,” according to Mike Grim, R- N.Y. in a conversation with Diane Sawyer on ABC, in order to b...