Westmont Opinion
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Toll increase worth the benefitsAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - Toll increase worth the benefits As mayor of Bensenville, a town that sits on the western edge of one of the world’s busiest airports and at the crossroads of North...
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College should admit hostility to gaysAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - College should admit hostility to gays The Aug. 4 Daily Herald reports that Wheaton College has been ranked No. 1 by the Princeton Review as the most unfriendly uni...
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Marmion ‘Crayons for Kids’ a successAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - On behalf of Marmion Academy’s Crayons for Kids School supply drive, we would like to thank the patrons of the local Jewel-Oscos for their participation in this year’s s...
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GOP puts party before countryAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - The myth that tax cuts benefiting the richest among us actually create jobs has been thoroughly disproved, and yet the Republican Party stubbornly clings to it. The Repu...
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Ample blame in debt crisis messAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - Jesus said, “Of those to whom much has been given much shall be required.” Christian conservatives persist in telling us that this nation was founded upon Christian prin...
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‘Creeping socialsm’ has never workedAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - Recently the liberal Democrats have called the tea party members “radicals” and “terrorists.” What is radical about limited government and personal responsibility — the ...
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After all the records, Obama must be tiredAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - We can now add the phrase “record-setting” to descriptions of President Obama. He has guided our nation to record-setting stock losses, a record-setting bond downgrade, ...
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Why worry about S&P, Dow Jones?Aug 20, 2011 5:00 am - Why worry about S&P, Dow Jones? Throughout the media, far too much emphasis is being placed on two numbers that are not reliable sources of information regarding th...
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Aug 20, 2011 5:00 am - Letter writer should keep his day job Regarding the Aug. 9 Fence Post letter, “The tragic death of Uncle Sam,” as a political satirist, Walt Zlotow should keep his ...
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Tea party didn’t prompt downgradeAug 20, 2011 5:00 am - Tea party didn’t prompt downgrade Judging from the Daily Herald’s “Our View” article of Aug. 9 and Kathleen Parker’s article of the same date along with a couple of...