Woodridge Opinion
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Beamer essay right to touch on PCSep 17, 2011 6:00 am - Beamer essay right to touch on PC In the Sept. 11 Daily Herald, an essay by David L. Beamer, father of Todd Beamer appeared in reflection of this past decade since ...
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Column’s focus should be lawmakersSep 17, 2011 6:00 am - One wonders if the purpose of Jake Griffin’s Tax Watchdog column was to “stir the pot” — so that the private sector readers will be against the pensions and benefits leg...
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Maybe Obama would still be a senatorSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - In his letter of Sept. 6, Paul Bischoff stated, “I voted for Barack Obama because I thought America needed a black for its president.” From what I hear, many others felt...
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A politican with actual solutionsSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - I am tired of the political rhetoric that gets us nowhere. I’m tired of people complaining that nothing gets done in Washington and yet they pick people who sound pretty...
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Animals treated better than babies?Sep 16, 2011 12:00 am - A female kennel owner, after four hours of jury deliberations, was convicted on all charges, according to the Daily Herald news article of Sept. 9. She faces up to five ...
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Sept. 11 cartoon hit the nail on the headSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - The Sept. 11 Daily Herald cartoon about either saying “always remember” versus “never forget” between the Democrats and Republicans hits the nail right on the head. One ...
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Spend, borrow, tax. Been there, done thatSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - In the Sept. 10 Fence Post, Walt Zlotow called the tea party a “cult” and said the GOP and U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam had been “captured” by the infamous tea party, whatever...
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Community college a valuable resourceSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - History has told us that as the economy sours, more and more people turn to their neighborhood community college to regroup, retrain and look for new careers. And that h...
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We’re suffering due to abortion choicesSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I just read in the Sept. 12 Daily Herald that enrollment is down at community colleges (thought to be due to the bad economy). Knowing that over 50 million lives have b...
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Weekends in jail didn’t fit the crimeSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - You may have read about a pretty little lady named Tami Brown who embezzled nearly a million dollars from the firm at which I work, Engineering Systems Inc. (People of t...