Glendale Heights Opinion
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Soapbox: Words hardly sufficeOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Adequate words truly fail in expressing condolences to longtime political fixture Jim Ryan and his wife, Marie, on the death by apparent suicide of their son Patrick. Te...
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If a shooting occurs and no one hears, does anyone care?Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - What if the police write a press release -- about, say, the shooting of three people in town -- but don't send it to the press? Does anyone care? About 150 people cared ...
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Women don't need Planned ParenthoodOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Human beings, unlike animals, have reason. They are able to choose their behavior. Oral contraceptives cause abortions. They are abortifacients. Either you don't know th...
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Even for maligned marathon, half-full glass close at handOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - If the Cubs could hit with men on base, the clear failings of this year's marathon would have been relegated to a front-page footnote. For the purposes of this column, I...
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Writer wrong about stopping abortionsOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - I'm writing in response to the letter on Sept. 19 stating "Planned Parenthood helps stop abortions". Jeffrey Biss states "it is a fact that abortions can be ended throu...
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Take CROP walk to change the worldOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Hunger and poverty are rampant in our world, and something must be done about them. Our Great Prairie Trail CROP Hunger Walk is a great place to start. For a few hours a...
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Weary of 'for the children' argumentOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - It wasn't enough that Congress was swamped with phone calls and e-mails when they tried to force the last immigration farce on us. Sen. Dick Durbin has now reached back ...
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Requiring ID to vote is a good ideaOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - I think it is time for Daily Herald writer Cynthia Tucker to enter the real world. She recently wrote a column railing against the federal government's plan to requir...
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Remove Hanania from editorial pageOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - I commend the Daily Herald for attempting to give balanced editorial page viewpoints from the Arab and Israeli perspectives by running columns by Ray Hanania (Arab) and ...
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Blackwater ran deep and dark for years on current fearOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - "Gentlemen, welcome to Baghdad." That was the announcement that came over the jetliner's loudspeaker as we landed in Iraq. The captain rightly used the word "gentlemen" ...