Itasca Opinion
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Cost of maintaining natural areas worth itOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Thanks for Deborah Donovan’s article and Bob Chwedyk’s photographs in the Sept. 25 Home and Garden section about the 80-acre conservancy area that enhances the Estates o...
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Blame the terrorist, not the religionOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - In reference to a Sept 28 Fence Post letter, “What else is one to think?”, terrorism is violent extremism. The radical extremist is to blame for the act, not religion. ...
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New approach needed to win war on drugsOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - A few years ago, I took part in a program to help inmates at Dwight Correctional Center express their feelings by writing and then acting out what they had written. I sh...
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Bin Laden taken out by SEALS, not SWATSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - I had to shake my head in disbelief when reading the Fence Post item titled “Anything but more GOP leadership.” The writer, Marion J. Reis blames Republicans for everyth...
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Blame Bernanke for retirees’ woesSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - You can thank Ben Bernanke for the recent stock market decline and the sluggish economy the past year. His steps to bring down long-term interest rates have further exac...
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Not pleased with Wheaton Drama playSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - I guess it is open season for Catholic bashing at Wheaton Drama. The play “Incorruptible” was offensive, rude and prejudicial. It didn’t leave one stone unturned for deg...
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With felonies, deportation has its placeSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - Trial and error is a hallmark of responsible government. It would be foolhardy to establish a law and never revisit it to see if it’s actually working, if it’s achieving...
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Pancreatic cancer bill needs supportSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - With a five-year survival rate of just 6 percent, pancreatic cancer has the lowest relative survival rate of all the cancers tracked by the American Cancer Society and t...
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Thanks for helping end hunger, literallySep 29, 2011 5:00 am - On behalf of everyone at Literacy DuPage and Loaves & Fishes, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Mayors Michael Gresk and George Pradel, Wheaton and Naperv...
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OCD in our midst, often unrecognizedSep 28, 2011 4:00 am - In an average elementary school there are likely five children suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In a medium to large high school, there are typically ...