Westmont Opinion
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Roskam parroting tea party pointsSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - In just two full terms Congressman Peter Roskam has used his considerable intelligence, ambition and drive to rise to Chief Deputy Whip of the majority Republican House ...
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Support of literacy programs is vitalSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - Approximately 125,000 DuPage County residents struggle with limited English skills. Nationwide, funding for adult literacy programs is under siege, affecting the more th...
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Future in better hands than you knowSep 09, 2011 5:00 am - As parents and former teachers, there is sense of frustration that accompanies the sadness we feel when seeing a news story about crimes committed by young people: Sadne...
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Deficit solution: legalize prostitutionSep 09, 2011 5:00 am - Illinois faces record budget deficits. We will need to find revenue sources and cut down on government spending in order to avoid a credit rating reduction. If we contin...
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Herald muddled tea party messageSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - I read with interest Madhu Krishnamurthy's article of Sept. 6 regarding Naperville's Last Fling parade on Labor Day. I was honored to walk with the Naperville Tea Patrio...
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Serious about less unemployment?Sep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald recently encouraged private industry to “take calculated risks to create jobs when they can.” This is not the way our economic system works. It’s not th...
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Solution to our woes? Drill for oil.Sep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - This week the president will make another speech about how the government is going to create jobs. And we will hear the same rhetoric. Let’s be honest for a change. The ...
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Lights at Memorial Field a bad ideaSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - As longtime residents of our village, we would like to express our concern about Glenbard High School District 87 plans to install 7-story light towers at Glenbard West ...
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Tired of all the partisan bickeringSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - Sick of all the blaming and criticizing and half truths? Sick of this: “I do not want to be a prop in that political theater of his,” says U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh concerning...
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The hypocrisy of HollywoodSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - When Bush ran for president, three people in particular said they would leave the country if he was elected — Barbra Streisand, George Clooney and Alec Baldwin. Did they...