Wheaton Opinion
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No further foreign commitmentsJul 17, 2012 4:20 am - I’m responding to Putin’s recent visit to Israel and how it impacts on our current situation. Let’s put ourselves into Putin’s mind to more easily grasp his calculations...
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DuPage hit hard two weeks ago, but pales compared to '96Jul 15, 2012 5:00 am - The framed, color reprint of the front page of our July 19, 1996, edition still hangs on the wall outside my office. The main story contains one of my all-time favorite ...
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Great job by ComEd during stormJul 15, 2012 4:14 am - Great job by ComEd during storm My friends and I want to express our huge gratitude to the steadfast workers from ComEd and the tree companies who have toiled witho...
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Editorial: Bringing peace, dignity to the dyingJul 13, 2012 11:30 am - Dying is hard enough. Dying of a protracted disease or just wearing out in your old age in a nursing home can be a frightening, bewildering, painful and lonely experienc...
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Taking a path of moral elasticityJul 11, 2012 4:08 am - Taking a path of moral elasticity I strongly disagree with the position on gay marriage taken by the Daily Herald. It is ironic this position was published the week...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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To judges go the leftovers; a Ribfest retrospectiveJul 08, 2012 5:00 am - In the already-sweltering Ribfest tent, Naperville Mayor George Pradel rose to his feet last Sunday and bellowed out the rib judges’ sacred oath: “I do solemnly swear to...
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Shame on us for delays in heath careJul 04, 2012 5:37 am - I want the richest nation in the world to bring medical care to all of its citizens. All other industrial and democratic nations in the world bring health care to all th...
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Think how health law helps othersJul 03, 2012 5:03 am - It long past time we stop referring to the Affordable Care Act as Obamacare. We do not call Social Security FDR-care, or Medicare LBJ-care; let’s get over ourselves and ...
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Health decision out of touch with mostJul 03, 2012 5:03 am - The June 28, 5-4 decision legalizing Obamacare (aka the Affordable Care Act) adds taxes to an already-burdened American people. No real surprise there. That’s being goin...