Wheaton Opinion
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Oil spill relegated to back pagesMay 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Even before the gushing oil flow that began April 20 is stopped, newspapers are already assigning coverage of the disaster to their back pages. Perhaps they conclude th...
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Self-centered foes thwarted NavistarMay 29, 2010 11:00 pm - It is a mixed blessing to live in a country where great efforts are made to protect honest people from the misuse of power, only to realize that those protections can th...
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Don't have to agree with Palin book parodyMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - So Sarah Palin stumbled on some questions about foreign affairs. How many citizens outside of government are up to snuff on all that transpires in our world? I wonder ho...
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No outrage at Pagano's vacation?May 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Yes, we are all rightfully upset that Metra Director Phil Pagano misused his position to help himself to large sums of money. But where is the outrage at his 11 weeks of...
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Mexican drug war: case for legalization?May 28, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama hosted a state dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderon. High on their agenda is a Bush-era program to fund Mexico's "war on drugs." More than $1.4 b...
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SPS deserves credit for local effortsMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently a suicide occurred in Batavia. Suicide Prevention Services, (SPS) an agency based there, responded immediately with massive support in a variety of ways, to the...
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West indictment a test of legal systemMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities), aptly describes the on going investigation and now indictment of Kane Coun...
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Roskam hypocracy on education bill?May 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I was distressed when I recently saw a picture of DuPage County educational leaders along with U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam discussing the impact of the American Recovery and ...
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Russians thwart suburban sweep in reality TVMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Personally, I blame the Russians. Had they not sent us Anna Trebunskaya, she wouldn't have had that argument with Evan on how to approach the freestyle, and they wouldn'...
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Distracted driving the bigger concernMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - After reading the Fence Post submission by Itasca Police Chief Scott Heher, I have some observations. People who do not put on their safety belt harm only themselves. O...