Wheeling Opinion
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...
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Soapbox: Silly law; silly lawsuitNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - It takes a highly elastic imagination to fathom just how the constitutional rights of Buffalo Grove atheist Robert Sherman or his daughter might be harmed by a newly req...
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Is this a misprint, or is it for real?Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: I moved into Streamwood last spring. One of the reasons for picking this area was the moderate property taxes. Can anyone explain to the public how a U-4...
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Mismanagement is the real problemOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The county board is being asked to vote to dismantle the county forest preserve toboggan slides. Based on personal observation of the Deer Grove toboggan slide operation...
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Stroger belongs on the celebrity pageOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Todd Stroger belongs on the back page with all of the other nut-case celebrities that gain media attention by doing or saying something insanely stupid. The good thing ...
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Women's bodies, women's choicesOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Why do men feel they know what it's like to have a baby? Most men I know are afraid of needles. When I watch the news, you see all these men on the pro-life side and "st...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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Can't Democrats do better than this?Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Barack Hussein Obama is a youngster in a grown-up world; he has no experience that entitles him to be the president of the United States. His gaffes on foreign and socia...
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Soapbox: Slow it downOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - State transportation officials say a stretch of Route 83 through Prospect Heights has neither enough accidents nor driveways to merit lowering the speed limit from 40 mp...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...