Westmont Opinion
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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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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...
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Coyotes are our fellow travelersMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - I do not live in Wheaton and those who do probably don't want 'outside' opinions on the coyote issue. However, while I firmly oppose the idea of coyote euthanasia, I ext...
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Cronin has no shame on RoveMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - State Sen. Dan Cronin says, "It is a privilege and honor to have Karl Rove come to DuPage County and speak at our 49th anniversary dinner." Karl Rove has spent the last...
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NASA should pursue technologyMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Many disagree with Charles Krauthammer's conclusion that Obama's NASA proposal closes the final frontier. Buzz Aldrin (second person to walk on the moon) said, "The trut...
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Raw milk fad ignores scienceMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - The recent trend to consume raw milk is a dangerous movement that would be laughed at by our predecessors of 100 years ago. People who are jumping on the "all natural" b...
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Will NASA become candle in the wind?Mar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - It was with sadness, and complete agreement, that I read Charles Krauthammer's Feb. 15 article on lack of funding for NASA in the nation's 2011 budget. I remember attend...