West Chicago Opinion
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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...
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Blago isn’t guilty and should appealDec 30, 2011 4:00 am - On the advice of his lawyers in hopes of getting a lesser sentence, Blagojevich lied to the judge about being guilty of who knows what. Apparently the judge did not bel...
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The U.S. needs to stay out of IranDec 28, 2011 4:00 am - With the exception of Ron Paul, the military industrial complex has most of the Republican presidential candidates nailed down. With all of the deaths caused by our inva...