Oak Brook Opinion
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Cooperation key in foreclosure blightAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - There is no shortage of reminders these days of the recession and the snail’s pace of its recovery. It is emphasized in a palpable fear and uncertainty of what may still...
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Here’s a case for year-round schoolAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - In the recent article titled “Easing Kids Back to School,” the teachers expressed concerns that the students need time to “ease” back into learning after the long summer...
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Drop the labels; we’re all AmericansAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - In testimony to the Illinois House of Representatives Redistricting Committee just a few months ago, Angel Garcia, a self-appointed “Latino Leader,” said in regard to th...
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Here’s why S&P lowered credit ratingAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - Response to Aug. 19 letter to the editor, entitled “Obama zigged when he should have zagged”: The author stated that President Obama gave Standard & Poor’s the data it n...
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Little understanding on adoptionAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - The Daily Herald reveals a profound lack of understanding when it argues that homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children because in the Daily Herald’s view “...
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Mourning loss of St. John LutheranAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - It had been my intention to write of this last fall, but I was unable to put into words the sense of loss. It has been just a year since a part of our community died. Ma...
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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...