Wood Dale Opinion
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Hyde, a great role model and statesmanDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - As Henry Hyde's alderman in the 3rd Ward of Wood Dale for the past 12 years, I would try to see him whenever he was in town. We always parted with my comment that he sho...
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Judges are to rule on law, not their viewsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman complains in his ruling on Nov. 14 that the state's "Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act" would violate the First Amendment. He...
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Remembering Astor, Fudge and "everyone's dog'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Friday-night trip to the animal hospital was not in our plans. But Fudge, our Boston Terrier, had abruptly keeled over, vomited, and seemed incapable of getting up. Be...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Is freedom really just a tollway?Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - As I took a few minutes to review the Daily Herald's opinions page online, I found Mr. Rick Bolesta of Schaumburg's article about thanking those who serve. His commenta...
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Military, mission in Iraq, merit respectDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - I'm lucky. On Thanksgiving, I was surrounded by young men and women, every one as close as a brother or sister, in the warmth of my unit's dining facility in Iraq. Thes...
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How the Naperville grinches ruined Christmas. Or not.Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - OK, I was a bit disappointed when the note arrived from one of my editors. "Naperville didn't ruin Christmas, after all." We were in hot pursuit of this breathtaking sto...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...