Naperville Opinion
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Romney’s taxes prompt a questionFeb 15, 2012 11:00 pm - All the talk about candidate Mitt Romney’s huge income from assets either not taxed or taxed at ridiculously low rates prompts me to ask a question. Why is it that only ...
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Growing cynical about pols’ promisesFeb 15, 2012 11:00 pm - Well, let me see if I understand how this works. A politician runs for office by telling the people he will get done what we the people want and need, and if he wins the...
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Learn how globalized food supply chain benefits economy, enviornmentFeb 15, 2012 10:00 pm - The J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy is hosting a lecture by Pierre Desrochers titled, "In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet: How the G...
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Many are just too lazy to recycleFeb 15, 2012 4:00 am - The streets, parks and parking lots in DuPage County look like trash dumps. They are littered with plastic water bottles, beer cans and bottles, pop cans. Some states h...
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No more delays in pension reformFeb 15, 2012 4:00 am - A college education can be a key to a better life. This was a central concept of the 1862 federal legislation, signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, which established mode...
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These dinners build communityFeb 15, 2012 4:00 am - Nothing creates community better than breaking bread with someone you haven’t met before. So hats off to Elgin businessman Jeff Turner and his legion of volunteers for p...
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How about a return to ‘regular’ English?Feb 15, 2012 4:00 am - I’m suffering from a severe case of motion sickness The phrase “moving forward” must be a candidate for the most overused expression of 2011 and 2012. What happened to “...
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Pipeline aftereffects will be felt for yearsFeb 14, 2012 4:00 am - I am shocked and ashamed at the vitriol directed toward the president’s decision regarding the proposed XL Pipeline project. Advocates of the pipeline, who see it as a m...
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To fight teen drug abuse, parents must be alertFeb 14, 2012 4:00 am - For any parent dealing with a teenager, truer words have never been spoken than those by Barrington High School Principal Steve McWilliams in a Sunday story on dealing w...
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No candidate ever has helped the poorFeb 14, 2012 4:00 am - That was no slip that Romney made giving short shrift to the plight of the poor. He was just being honest. Throughout our long and glorious history, no president or pres...