West Chicago Opinion
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Union spending on school candidates?Mar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - The Naperville Unit District 203 school board has long been governed by a majority who were endorsed by the teachers union. Coincidentally, these same union-endorsed sch...
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Earthquakes, Biden and health careMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Several political observations. Interesting story in the Daily Herald concerning the earthquake we experienced on Feb. 10. Fascinating to learn that the quake emanated f...
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Is legal system next bubble to burst?Mar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - It has become evident, that we live in an age of bubbles going bust. Everybody was doing it, everything was going fine and wham, we were hit, seemingly without warning. ...
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Can only post nine commandmentsMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Almost every week I receive an email from one of my conservative Christian friends with a rant about some perceived injustice and a call for the Ten Commandments to be p...
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What is right on would-be bomber?Mar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Umar Farouk Abdulmatallab, the underwear bomber, was thwarted by the passengers of NWA 253 from blowing up the plane and killing more than 288 passengers and crew. Presi...
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What really goes on in inner-city schoolsMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - In response to Ruben Navarette's "Flunking in education" column, I can say as a retired teacher from the inner city of Chicago that Mr. Navarette has no idea what goes o...
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Letting parents save school programsMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - School boards are taking it on the chin these days, with meeting after meeting in which irate parents and sincere students beg that their favorite academic or extracurri...
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Iran leader's ideas centuries old?Mar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - "Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war?" (Isaiah 36:3). King Sennacherib of Assyria taunted King Hezekiah of Israel with this question many centuri...
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Chance to save kids from sex offendersMar 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Thank you for bringing the well-written, and deeply sad story of Chelsea King's death to the public's attention. Many readers are outraged over the minimum sentences chi...
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Here's a good nursing home storyMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Unfortunately, most people who provide services tend to only hear from those who want to complain. I would like to do the opposite and send a public compliment to the st...