Woodridge Opinion
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New Sunday section takes new look at TV, travel, things to doJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Change, we know, is inevitable. Change for the better is imperative. "Not only is everything changing, but everything exists in relationship to something else that is ch...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage CountyJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - A sterling example Bill Simmons, DuPage County's first black police officer and a trailblazer in many other areas, retired Friday after almost 40 years in law enforcemen...
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Hey, it's Take Your Dog's Picture, Bring it to Work DayJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - I'll admit it: I didn't really think it'd be a good idea to observe "Take Your Dog to Work Day" at the Daily Herald today. When I was asking people in other offices for ...
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How the pop star got top billing over the journalistJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - On this hand, a respected journalist; on that, a world-renowned music star. To me, the choice of which one people would most want to read about was a virtual no-brainer...
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Put a Metra station at county complexJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Put a Metra station at county complex I would like a logical explanation why Metra does not put a train station at the DuPage County complex in Wheaton. With the thousa...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage CountyJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Fiscally irresponsible graffiti Paper signs in the men's restrooms at the DuPage County courthouse remind gentlemen to flush urinals. However, several of the signs have ...
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Getting off the Soapbox to look at the rest of the storyJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Actual corporate e-mail chain revealing the inner workings of the Daily Herald and its DuPage editor: (Editorial Page Editor John Zimmerman to Jim Davis): "Hi, Jim…Would...
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...
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In remembrance of the D-Day invasionJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - In remembrance of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, I submit the following historical note. World War II began in the following manner: In order to drum up support f...
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...