Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Bin Laden may have the last laughJun 15, 2012 5:30 am - As I watch President Bush with his wife, Laura, on the evening news unveiling their portraits with President Obama and Michelle Obama, I think to myself: “We had it all....
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Editorial: Relay for Life a worthy investmentJun 12, 2012 5:00 am - Perhaps you were one of 765 participants at Barrington High School last weekend. Or one of the 26 teams at Hersey High School. Or perhaps you are planning to show up at ...
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Partisan politics in the way of progressJun 12, 2012 1:00 am - The article relating to the jobs report featured on the front page of the June 1 paper is disconcerting; however, it is even more of a concern to read on to Page 8 that ...
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Zoning board ruling on COD was wiseJun 10, 2012 4:46 am - On May 10, 260 unhappy homeowners/taxpayers stated their opposition to College of DuPage’s expansion plans. Too many large (3 stories high) structures that are within 10...
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Helpful info on recycling, plantingsJun 10, 2012 4:46 am - Thanks for an unusually helpful couple of essays in the HomesSaturday section on June 2. Bev Bennett’s informative advice on recycling household goods instead of adding ...
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The SoapboxJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Ray and the first morning of summer: Here's how Ray Bradbury wrote about growing up in Waukegan in the intro to “Dandelion Wine.” “It was a quiet morning, the town cover...
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Time for discussion of energy plansJun 08, 2012 1:00 am - We urgently need to discuss “smart meters,” but in the larger context of this nation’s energy plans. These meters are just a piece of a wrongly directed government effor...
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Good dog! Unfortunately, not ‘amazing’ dogJun 03, 2012 5:00 am - “If it bleeds, it leads” was the slogan sarcastically ascribed to a TV station’s story play philosophy. But if it barks, it nets a boatload of viewers, sells a lot of n...
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The SoapboxJun 02, 2012 4:46 pm - Clear enough? It ought to be at least a little embarrassing that nearly every interaction between the village of Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage needs to be vetted ...
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NATO should have its own comic stripJun 02, 2012 1:00 am - The U.S. today acts like the leader of an Action Comics team of superheroes (NATO) that rampages around the world slaughtering innocents at will in their obsession to co...