Wheeling Opinion
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...
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Special favor does immigrant no favorJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Regarding "Schools must make English necessary," (Fence Post, Sunday, Sarah Fallon): Our current school system is doing so much harm to the Spanish community. This spec...
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McCain expedient in Rev. Hagee issueJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to the letter in Monday's Herald from Mr. Don Frost of Rolling Meadows entitled "Pfleger was just more of the same." While I agree with his comments...
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BG board takes issue with senatorsMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - To the editor: How disappointing that both Sens. Dick Durbin and Barack Obama have come out strongly against CN's proposed acquisition of the EJ&E railway. In doing so, ...
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...
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We must remember 'Other Holocaust'May 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Mr. Coppel (Fence Post, Sunday), you remember your family's history. I remember mine. We lived in eastern Poland before the Germans reached us. Russians had first dibs ...
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Scrapbook time of year for parents is good news for us allMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Individually, graduates may be experiencing the raw ache of 'last times' for so many activities, but collectively, they remind us of an important cycle of life When you ...
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U.S. is already semi-socialisticMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to the letter in Sunday's Herald from Mr. Marc Thomsen with the caption "Health care and the price of gas." We already live in a semi-socialist socie...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook CountyMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Both right and wrong When Hoffman Estates police officer Vince Pusateri declined to shake Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stroger's hand at Tuesday's disaster drill at t...
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Spend tax rebates on food pantriesMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Demand is up at food pantries due to the downturn in the economy and increased food prices. At the same time, economic stimulus pay outs are being issued by the federal ...