Northbrook Opinion
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Video Gaming Act will reduce corruptionMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - The Video Gaming Act, on hold pending a court decision, will vastly improve the current video gaming system in Illinois. Currently, there are estimated to be as many as ...
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Harper College odd silence on Ender’s expensesMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - Anyone who follows this space regularly knows we are big supporters of Harper College in Palatine in general and its current president, Kenneth Ender, in particular. The...
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Morality lesson from ‘Lord of the Rings’May 20, 2011 1:00 am - I can’t muster up any joy at the death of Osama bin Laden. There is no doubt he was an evil man, according to the guidelines laid out by Judaism, Christianity and Islam....
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Better way to keep Sears in HoffmanMay 20, 2011 1:00 am - There were two interesting articles on the May 10 front page. Sears wants a 15-year renewal of a previous 23-year property tax incentive. Sears is threatening to move ou...
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Work it out, Glen Ellyn and College of DuPageMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Once again, the marriage of Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage is on the rocks. A long-running dispute that began with village officials’ concerns about the community ...
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GOP masterfully distorts factsMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Isn’t it an amazing phenomenon how easy it is for Republicans to distort the truth until it matches their preconceived notion of what they’d like it to be? The economic ...
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Promoting debate about slots at trackMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - I remember reading in this paper some time ago that the Arlington Heights village leaders promised vigorous, open discussion and debate about the proposal to put slots a...
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Glen Ellyn should OK deal with CODMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - The leadership of the village of Glen Ellyn wants you to believe that until recently their relationship with the college has always been harmonious and that our recent d...
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Unions’ success is their failureMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Occasionally, something good comes out of a bad experience. For example, our severe economic recession has prompted close examination of aims, policies, and practices in...
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Preserve right to join union ... or notMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - There have been several editorials lately on the topic of unionization of the workforce. I believe these seem to skip a couple of very important points as they try defen...