Wheaton Opinion
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Postcard on prepayments was misleadingApr 09, 2018 1:00 am - Recently, a postcard arrived in our mail, marked "Important Tax Information," boldly announcing that our ever-concerned-for-his-constituency congressional representative...
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Voters are ID'dApr 07, 2018 1:00 am - A March 20 letter echoed President Donald Trump's claim of massive voter fraud and decried being able to vote without being identified. Research has shown that, in fact,...
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Editorial: 111-year-old's lessons for a life well livedApr 03, 2018 11:00 pm - Make close friends. Be charitable to others. Appreciate a good joke. Merle Phillips wasn't one to hand out much advice on her birthday Monday for living long (she turn...
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Silencer ban would not reduce gun violenceMar 24, 2018 1:00 am - I would like to offer a counterpoint on Erica Nelson's letter on "silencers," also known as suppressors. Erica is a great person and fine public servant, but I disagree ...
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A model for making America competitiveMar 23, 2018 1:00 am - Germany, with its high worker wages (substantially higher than ours), high taxes and strict government regulations, has the world's highest trade surplus. To make Americ...
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Facing up to lost warsMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - I clearly remember thinking that the U.S. was losing the Vietnam War if indeed it had not already lost it. I am now thinking that we have been losing the war in Afghanis...
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Renew global food actMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - Two years ago, we accomplished something historic in the fight against hunger. On July 20, 2016, President Obama signed the Global Food Security Act into law, after it h...
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Perspectives on 'pro-life'Mar 21, 2018 1:00 am - Politics and religion aside, I wish everyone could understand that you can be pro-choice AND anti-abortion. The point is, I abhor abortion, I wouldn't encourage anyone t...
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Stop bill allowing silencersMar 21, 2018 1:00 am - We are listening to the voices of teenagers in our country who are saying, "enough." They are not talking only about Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl...
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Show ID to voteMar 20, 2018 1:00 am - Due to a scheduling conflict on March 20, my wife and I decided to early vote for the first time in nearly 50 years. To my dismay, voting not close to our home, we weren...