Wood Dale Opinion
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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...
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From bathroom attendant to JFK-era whistleblowerNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The holidays are always a difficult stretch for Abraham Bolden. Not only did his wife die at this time of year, but so did his president and so did a little of bit of hi...
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Money that could be spent on health careNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Our governor is trying to buy another 147,000 votes by providing health insurance to families making as much as $82,000 (much more then I make). Before I start supportin...
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DuPage Co. SoapboxNov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Museum director now history The DuPage County Historical Museum is facing an uncertain future without its executive director. After four years of overseeing the museum i...