Glendale Heights Opinion
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Lombard library's in a great locationApr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to a letter by Robert Biddle suggesting that Lombard's Helen Plum Library move to Main and Parkside, I would submit that the best asset the library possesses...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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An important hour of contemplationApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - My husband Earl and I observed Earth Hour in candlelight, a walk under the stars, and back inside again listening to music on our cranked-up solar radio. It was relaxing...
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Churches aren't a political platformApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you for addressing an issue that has bothered me for some time. Politics from the pulpit, whether by pastors, candidates or those supporting specific candidates, ...
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Use hard-earned tax dollars wiselyApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Both Lombard and Villa Park want new libraries. The towns are next to each other and unconventional thinking would have them build a joint facility. Expenses would be a...
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Voters who have no cause to complainApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - I am so tired of all the complaining going on about sales taxes being too high, gas being too high, property taxes being too high. What did you think would happen when y...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Anti-smoking campaign praisedApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Kudos to Puneet Khan and the DuPage County Health Department for their efforts to educate students and the public at large about the dangers of smoking. When I was six y...
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Jack Bauer and Smokey the horse jump through hoopsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - My last column about dogs chronicled the gut-wrenching decision last fall to put to sleep our 13-year-old Boston terrier, Fudge. The upside of losing a dog, I guess, is ...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...