Winfield Opinion
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Why not write U.S. Treasury a check?Jul 24, 2011 5:00 am - This is in response to Tom Teune’s letter of July 16 (“Time for liberals to stand firm”). He said, “I want my taxes to increase” to support the various government progra...
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Republican Party serves whom?Jul 24, 2011 5:00 am - I am not surprised that our economy is faltering or that the Republicans have brought us to the brink of financial collapse with their refusal to increase the debt ceili...
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Blagojevich guilty ... of too much talkingJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - At most, Blagojevich should be doing community service for his obsession with campaign financing. What crimes did he commit? He was accused of fraud. Who did Blagojevic...
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Real home of racism is Democratic PartyJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - According to letter writer Walt Zlotow (July 17), the Republican Party is a racist party, because David Duke has decided to run for president as a Republican, and becaus...
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The SoapboxJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - You’re paying attention: An emergency room doc told us Thursday that people have been heeding warnings about excessive heat this week, and that’s resulted in fewer trips...
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Lights at Glenbard West totally unfairJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - We live on Hawthorne, about three blocks west of Glenbard West High School. Even though we don’t live in the immediate neighborhood, we firmly believe that the installat...
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If you want taxes raised, just waitJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - In response to Tom Teune’s posted on July 16: The only thing I can agree on is that I, too, have had it with this president. A strong global military presence is necessa...
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Can’t really serve two mastersJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - Congressman Peter Roskam has pledged his allegiance to Grover Norquist and his Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that promises to “cut the size” of the U.S. gove...
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The SoapboxJul 23, 2011 12:00 am - You’re paying attention: An emergency room doc told us Thursday that people have been heeding warnings about excessive heat this week, and that’s resulted in fewer trips...
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Daily Herald scoop: You can fry an egg in carJul 22, 2011 9:00 am - It seems my noble but ill-fated experiment — in the name of good journalism — is coming back to haunt me. We had a heat wave of epic proportions in the 1990s, one compar...