Woodridge Opinion
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We’re fat and lazy; time for a revolutionJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - Just a little warning from Thomas Jefferson: “The U.S. can never be destroyed from without, but it can from within.” We are already the most decadent country in history....
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Anti-gun lobby view too conditionalJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - In Garret Evans’ June 20 Fence Post letter, “More guns would mean more deaths,” he makes several unsubstantiated comments. He says that law-abiding citizens carrying gun...
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Flash mobs might not attack the armedJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - Colleen Daley, executive director of Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Chicago, asks we don’t have flash mob attacks in states that allow concealed carry of hand...
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Time of good sense and good judgmentJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - This has been a good time for good judgment and common sense. For example: 1) After lying to the media, his constituents and all the American public for close to a week,...
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Wrong approach on underage drinking?Jun 28, 2011 12:00 am - It is the season for high school graduation parties and that means parent-hosts trying to keep graduate-guests from the alcohol. Drink and you are grounded. Drink and dr...
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WDSRA’s Hodgkinson a true championJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - If you’re really lucky in life you come across a champion ... someone outside your family circle, outside the teaching, coaching or mentoring professions who literally s...
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Kudos to longtime WDSRA execJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - As prime mover and executive director of Western DuPage Special Recreation Association for 30 years, Jane Hodgkinson’s career has been a remarkable story. Her deep commi...
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Lombard stands behind texting effortJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - At the village of Lombard, we are spreading the message to all of our residents to “Drive Now. Text Later.” In Illinois, preliminary data indicates that cellphone distra...
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Is anyone out there listnening to this?Jun 26, 2011 12:00 am - Two major components of genus “Human” are its reasoning organ and its communication aperture, commonly referred to as Brain and Mouth. These two must work in sync with o...
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Weiner foibles point out bigger problemJun 25, 2011 3:00 am - The media response to Rep. Weiner returns us to a long-standing problem. Americans expect our politicians not only to do a great job resolving complex political, fiscal ...