Waukegan Opinion
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Tribute to a very good friend, mentor and a great lawyerDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I have been Bob Will's very good friend for the past 16 very short years. In that time, Bob gave me a lifetime worth of experience, knowledge, and understanding of the l...
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Soapbox: ThanksDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Hats off to the Boy Scout troop at St. Francis de Sales Church in Lake Zurich for their work to recondition bicycles and give them to needy families this weekend. This y...
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We should be deporting criminalsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - It is easy to understand why Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran wants the federal OK to allow his officers the authority to process illegal immigrants for deportation. Man...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Environmentalism is killing us!Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - With the cost of a barrel of crude fast approaching $100 a barrel, I have to ask my fellow Americans when it will be enough for you to do something about it? While I am ...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...