Winfield Opinion
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Marathoners have inspiring story to tellOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - Marathoners hear the quips all the time. They go something like this: “I get tired driving 26.2 miles, I don’t know how you can run that far.” And yet thousands do each ...
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Where’s the change we voted for?Oct 12, 2011 5:00 am - The trend since at least 1980 has been more and more wealth for the wealthy, whether individuals or corporations. Let’s look at where we are. Is the economy healthy? No...
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List of worries continues to growOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - List of worries continues to grow As if we don’t have enough calamities to worry and fret about. Now scientists warn that the cosmos could be headed for a colder, b...
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WDSRA grateful for luncheon supportOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - WDSRA grateful for luncheon support Western DuPage Special Recreation Association extends a big thank you to the Outback Steakhouse in Bloomingdale for its generosi...
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Ditka shouldn’t be throwing stonesOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Ditka shouldn’t be throwing stones Da Coach, Mike Ditka, says he’d spit on Jeff Pearlman, author of “Sweetness: the enigmatic life of Walter Payton,” for demystifyi...
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Bible pilot’s adventure just startingOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - I applaud you for your recent article (“Indy with a Bible,” Friday, Sept. 30) about the life and death of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA pilot Paul Westlund. I do disagr...
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Breast cancer hits close to homeOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - A West Chicago youth football team wearing pink socks; health organizations from Aurora, Barrington and Naperville preparing pink-themed videos. Those are just two of th...
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Lack of coverage disappointingOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - My fellow postal workers and I are very disappointed to see the lack of news coverage from the Daily Herald. On Tuesday, Sept. 27, there were rallies staged at some cong...
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Let’s call it ‘Utopianism’Oct 07, 2011 12:00 am - Listening to the political rhetoric over the airways today reporting on the constitutionality of the killing of a U.S. citizen in Yemen prompted me to dig out my library...
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Why doesn't Buffet pay taxes he owes?Oct 06, 2011 5:00 am - President Obama, purporting to help America by increasing taxation on people who make over $1 million a year, is asking us to agree to a bill, named after Warren Buffet,...