West Chicago Opinion
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No compromising land preservationMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - There have been several occasions during my 13-year tenure as president of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's Board of Commissioners when public and private...
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Sorry, but even student journalists need bosses, tooMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying I have enormous respect for the accomplishments of the Central Times, the student-run newspaper at Naperville Central High School. More than once ...
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Writer dead wrong on 14th AmendmentMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Thomas Tawney is dead wrong when he says in his Feb. 25 letter the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born to illegal al...
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Problem is with those evading taxesMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - In regard to John Rouille's letter (Feb 23), "American citizens getting squeezed," the record needs to be set straight. The writer characterizes "immigrants, legal or n...
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Who stands up for the honest people?Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - "Exxon sets record in 2007 with $40 billion profit" (Business section, Feb. 2 Daily Herald). Doesn't that also set a record for being the biggest cheater? It seems to me...
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Oberweis wrong on 14th AmendmentFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Jim Oberweis supports diluting the 14th Amendment and stripping children born in the U.S. of illegal immigrants of their citizenship. The 14th Amendment passed in 1868....
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Lessons learned at NIU come back to the foreFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jim Davis, NIU Class of '77. B.S. in Journalism. Frankly, I hadn't been thinking about that a lot lately. Until this past week. In that time, I thought more than once of...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...
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Clemens case shows how 'whodunit' can supercharge a storyFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - As a high school journalism teacher many years ago, I tried to prepare students who cared little about current events and would never want to work for a newspaper to at ...
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Merging schools makes a lot of senseFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - I would like to commend the Daily Herald for its position on the possible consolidation of elementary School Districts Benjamin 25, West Chicago 33 and Winfield 34, and ...