Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Fighting the copy-cat syndrome in the age of instant messagingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Bomb threats. Suicides. Gang names. Things we often, as a matter of course, don't write about. The reasons are all intertwined. Someone who gets his jollies causing a ru...
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Headline could be misinterpretedMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Headline could be misinterpreted The headline atop an Associated Press article on March 19 in the DuPage edition of the Daily Herald grabbed my attention. It read, "Past...
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Attention-getters aren't always what sell newspapersMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We strive for a front page that, rather than concentrating on the lure of death and destruction, is teeming with the activities of real life. ...
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Stop destruction of Ackerman WoodsMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - We are writing in protest of the planned storm water retention and soccer field construction in Ackerman Woods. This plan includes cutting over 340 trees up to 2 eet in ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Standing up for what she believesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - You can argue all you want about whether Linda Kane, the Central Times newspaper adviser at Naperville Central High School, overstepped her bounds by allowing student jo...
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Explanation sought on death penaltyMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Burt Constable stated in his Feb. 28 column, "Time for state to join civilized world and end death penalty," as he was discussing the Eric Hanson trial and sentencing, t...
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Letter wasn't at all about political issuesMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to the Fence Post because I have been personally called to respond to the comments of a Martin Uttich from Carol Stream in his Fence Post letter, "Good ques...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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Bridging the generation gap with Pat BooneMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - How do you like the new mug shot of me? Hard to believe it's five years ago to the month that I started writing this column. Hard to believe, too, how my hair has gotten...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...