West Chicago Opinion
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More judgments on well-meaning peopleApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Our president has ordered all American flags flying in Haiti to be taken down lest we be thought of as an occupying country. It is true, we did flood this desperate coun...
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Tea party members not just old foolsApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Many of the people that attended Naperville's tea party lived through and participated in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and believe it or not Desert Stor...
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Surplus of overpaid brown-nosersApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Bill Dussling, president of the Northwest Suburban High School district 214 school board is quoted as saying, "When you're asked to meet the kind of academic standards o...
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CDH 'welfare' idea typical myopiaApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - In an April 20 letter, a disgruntled publisher of a failed newspaper attempted to make a case for a Central DuPage Hospital welfare program to subsidize road maintenance...
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Madoff and bankers both got 150Apr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The crimes of Bernie Madoff pail in comparison to those of the Banksters from Wall Street investment houses. Madoff spent decades swindling the rich - people who closed...
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Are only secular views permissible?Apr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I wish to respond to Joe Bauer's April 24 letter to the editor. He believes that "there is no God's plan" in the events of history. Where is the scientific evidence that...
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Two solutions to pension problemApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Thanks for the great series on state pensions, maybe Pulitzer Prize material. But aren't there two other solutions? 1. Tax pension benefits. Right now, retirement benef...
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VW commercials promote violenceApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Have you seen the recent VW commercials? I was taken by the behavior used in them. The first commercial shows two security personnel watching cameras in a parking lot; o...
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They're hiding key records from youApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - A strong majority of Illinois senators, including many from our suburbs, sent Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn a bill Thursday that would make it much more difficult for taxpay...
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Student journal details boil down to matter of trustApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - There's a huge gap between what we've been officially told and what we've unofficially heard. The writings in a student journal at Glenbard South High School was deemed ...