Glendale Heights Opinion
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Death of 'everybody's grandmother' a tough but essential storyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - What if you had to write the obituary on your own grandmother? With all due respect to Rose Tani's family, that's almost the situation we had in this newsroom when the n...
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Let public transit pay its own wayDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Over the last few months, the politicians in Springfield have been holding "special sessions" to budget supplemental funding for the CTA, Pace and Metra to cover their o...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...
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Conviction push isn't always best justiceDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Judging from Daily Herald reporter Adam Kovac's Dec. 5 article, "Felony charges, convictions continue to go up in Kane County," I believe the law abiding need to be conc...
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Hyde's legacy is that of a hypocriteDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - My lasting memory of the revered Henry Hyde is the photo of the dashing member of the state legislature posing with his married mistress in the 1960s, the revelation of ...
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...
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Come see the trains at DuPage museumDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The DuPage County Historical Museum is in danger of closing due to the crisis in the 2008 county budget. If this happens it will be a great lost to the residents of DuPa...
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Remembering Astor, Fudge and "everyone's dog'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Friday-night trip to the animal hospital was not in our plans. But Fudge, our Boston Terrier, had abruptly keeled over, vomited, and seemed incapable of getting up. Be...
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Buffett asks only for fair taxationDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Mr. Opal of Wheaton (Fence Post, Nov. 27) totally misunderstood Warren Buffett when Mr. Buffett claimed that he should be "taxed more." Buffett was decrying the sad stat...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...