Oak Brook Opinion
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There’s a place for roadway solicitingJan 06, 2012 4:00 am - You’ve seen them as you drive to the grocery store, the hardware store or wherever you go, especially on sunny days when people are out. A firefighter lugging a giant ru...
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How ‘bout term limits without pensions?Jan 06, 2012 4:00 am - My hat goes off to Richard Schutt for his letter to the editor entitled “One more reason for term limits.” He speaks the truth, that many of our elected officials in Was...
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New Year’s vow: make dent in hungerJan 06, 2012 4:00 am - As the new year begins, hunger in America is more widespread than at any time since the Great Depression. People who once donated food to food pantries now stand embarra...
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Forest board pro photo rule absurdJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - The decision of the DuPage County Forest Preserve board to charge photographers an absurd fee of $200 dollars a day (Daily Herald, Dec. 22) has got to be the most incomp...
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Don't blame public employees for messJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - The Daily Herald editorial of Jan. 2 was startling, completely unexpected and very disappointing. It proposed to solve the current Illinois public pension debacle by ext...
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DH came up short of fearing GodJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - As a longtime subscriber, I read the Herald daily but don't often feel the need to comment on the opinion or Fence Post section. Not because I always agree with what I r...
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Reaction to Muslim playing Dreidel?Jan 04, 2012 4:00 am - Reaction to Muslim playing Dreidel? I’m a Muslim and I am offended by Lowe’s decision to pull their advertisements from the “All-American Muslim” show on TLC. I kno...
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Thanks for the trust, SpringfieldJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - Well, here it is a new year and once again, right on time, and with the uncanny precision like that found in the return of the sparrows at the Capistrano, the state of I...
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Here are four of many unsung heroes of 2011Jan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Had your fill yet of all those end-of-the-year wrapups, recaps, bests and worsts? No? Glad to hear it. So here’s just one more before we get about the business of the ne...
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Obama is playing us for foolsDec 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Does Obama really consider the American people complete idiots? How in heaven’s name can he “downgrade” the Fort Hood mass murder to “workplace violence”? He’s playing u...