Glendale Heights Opinion
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Quinn’s veto hinders DuPage educatorsAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - We teach our students that one of the primary responsibilities of the executive branch of government in the United States is to enforce the law. Our students and teacher...
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Don’t cut Social Security benefitsAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - U.S. Rep. John Boehner, a Republican, wants to cut benefits to people who receive Social Security and Medicare. These benefits, by the way, were paid for by the recipien...
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Third Blago trial? Get seriousAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - After former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted of 17 of 20 charges against him, there was a lot of oinking from him and his lawyers claiming judicial bias in his bid fo...
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Repeat after me, Rahm: SHI CAW GOAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - I am a native Chicagoan. Born and grew up on the West Side and educated in the city from grade school to my el train campus. Like many native Chicagoans, I moved out of ...
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What liberals really think of usAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Once in a while liberals slip and tell us what they really think of us. When the House of Representatives was unsuccessful in rescinding the ban on incandescent light bu...
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Education at a reasonable cost?Aug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - I’m seriously sick of being harassed by the schools for payment of fees. I make payments in full and on time. I got a call today asking why I sent only $100 instead of t...
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Roskam more interested in making Obama look badAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Dear Congressman Roskam, I stand with the president in asking you to support a balanced approach to deficit reduction, one that includes spending cuts and revenue increa...
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Voters have only themselves to blameAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - When asked in 1960 at the University of Hawaii whether Kenya was ready for self-government, our president’s father, Barack Obama, Sr., answered, “If the people cannot ru...
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Here’s one vote for citizen of the yearAug 05, 2011 3:00 am - Now here’s a nominee for our village’s “Citizen of the Year.” On July 28 at 1:30 a.m., some of the streets of Carol Stream looked like a war zone. Some have claimed a to...
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A way to make video poker palatableAug 05, 2011 3:00 am - When I first read Scott Roscoe’s letter enthusiastically approving video poker, I had my doubts. After some thought I have come up with a palatable way of implementing v...