Itasca Opinion
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Attack on Wheaton College intolerantAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - Lovely, this attack on Wheaton College and the Christian church (Fence Post letter, Aug. 23). It’s just another fine example of the growing hostility. Frankly it’s an at...
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Small businesses get no respectAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - A wise man once said, “Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute.” Was it Jefferson or Franklin? Yet the opposite is true today. Small businesses must utilize every...
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Biblical consistency doesn’t force hostilityAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - Since I have taught at Wheaton College since 1981, I was somewhat amused by Mr. Utchen’s letter of Aug. 23 concerning Wheaton College and its alleged “hostility to gays....
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Step up to the plate, Mr. PresidentAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - If President Obama comes out in early September with the same old “it’s Bush’s fault,” “tax the rich,” “tax the private jet owners” mantra, it will effectively be the en...
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Medical lawsuit headline off markAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - Newspaper readership is declining — and that’s just among the corps of Daily Herald headline writers. How else can you explain your Aug. 18 front-page headline, “Medical...
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This campaigning won’t be toleratedAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry’s comments directed toward Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are volatile, extremely harmful and lack total civility. I ...
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Responding to trustee’s complaintsAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - In response to Trustee Tim Allen’s Aug. 11 letter to the editor, it is clear that Tim will continue misleading residents and slandering other board members. He will cont...
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Uncle Sam not dead, just abusedAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - I, too, heard the story of old Uncle Sam that Walt Zlotow related in the Aug. 9 Fence Post. Sam wasn’t dead but he had seen a lot of abuse and it had been getting steadi...
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Trickle-up poverty has to stopAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - Trickle-up poverty has to stop I’m a retiree who never made more than $50,000 per year and a believer in the tea party principles. Fence Post writer Jean Alberti wa...
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Big disappointment at tollway meetingAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - Big disappointment at tollway meeting At the urging of the Daily Herald editorial staff, my husband and I attended Thursday’s Tollway Authority meeting in Wheaton. ...