Wood Dale Opinion
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No one should be COD's enablerNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - The College of DuPage is acting like a defiant teenager and setting a bad example of citizenship for students who deserve better. Having lost its argument in court that ...
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VFW post deeply grateful to Mike KellyNov 21, 2011 4:00 am - All I know in the matter of lawyer and Mayor Mike Kelly is that he was reported to be late paying his property tax installments. Truth is, if those taxes go much higher ...
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No. 1 cancer killer can be preventedNov 21, 2011 4:00 am - Lung cancer is America’s No. 1 cancer killer for both men and women, and the statistics are stunning. One in 14 Americans gets lung cancer, killing more people than leuk...
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Poor leadership in District 87?Nov 20, 2011 5:00 am - As a retired teacher from Glenbard South High School I read with great interest the Nov. 17 letter to Fence Post from Madihah Sharif. I would agree with her premise that...
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Good decision on county youth homeNov 20, 2011 5:00 am - As the former DuPage County Board chairman and the past chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority, I applaud Chairman Dan Cronin’s effort to close the DuPage juv...
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Farmer, miner, fisherman, politicianNov 19, 2011 5:00 am - This man is a farmer. See him sweat. He is sweating because he is tending his crop. The farmer grows food so all of us can eat. The man standing beside the farmer is a ...
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Flexible thinking averts meltdownsNov 19, 2011 5:00 am - To avoid another meltdown, Rep. Joe Walsh should see a psychologist. He needs to learn that most psychopathology is caused by rigid black and white thinking. Life is ful...
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The Soapbox: The end to toll perksNov 19, 2011 4:00 am - A benefit costing a buck or two a day per employee doesn’t sound like much. But $478,300 does. That’s the yearly cost — after a toll increase coming Jan. 1 — of an Illin...
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No Child Left Behind must be repealedNov 19, 2011 12:00 am - I am writing concerning the Oct. 31 news article titled “Educators want break from federal goals.” As a student who has seen the damages the No Child Left Behind Act has...
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Wheaton ice rink unnecessary frillNov 18, 2011 4:00 am - From watching the news, it appears many people are losing their jobs, their homes and much of their retirement nest egg. These are hard economic times. That is everywher...