DuPage County Opinion
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Iraq war a cause for our recessionMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - While economists may disagree on the costs of the war and its effect on the recession, most recognize that there are trade-offs between Iraq spending and spending on dom...
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Right way to run a presidential debateMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - I must disagree with Mr. Farnham's disappointment with the presidential nominee debate. This was real Q&A instead of what in the past has passed for a so-called "debate"...
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Nicor needs to collect debts dueMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Nicor wants to increase gas prices. Why? Because it can't or doesn't want to push collecting past due bills from customers who are delinquent. Nicor wants to penalize th...
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Scheduled events as best we couldMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - In a recent letter, Andrea D. Heiger indicated that Buffalo Grove was very inconsiderate in not taking the Jewish observance of Passover into account when planning our 5...
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Spend tax rebates on food pantriesMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Demand is up at food pantries due to the downturn in the economy and increased food prices. At the same time, economic stimulus pay outs are being issued by the federal ...
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Giving hope to homeless veteransMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The best thing to happen to a veteran, after having been through the horrors of combat, is to come home. But sometimes there is no home to come home to. Or there was a p...
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Humor at what expense?May 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Patrick J. Dalton's excellent letter to Fence Post describing Bill Maher's Catholic bigotry is but one example of a growing number of contemporary comedians who seem to ...
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Shame on women who reject ClintonMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - First it was Barbara Walters who was forced out by one of the "good ol' boys." Now it's Katie Couric and Hillary Clinton. Like the world for tens of thousands of years...
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Safe classrooms also means healthy airMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Now more than ever, cleaning and disinfecting are big priorities for schools. MRSA, the drug-resistant and sometimes deadly staph that's easily spread among students, a...
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McCain's judgment is fatally flawedMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Ms. Gustafson (Fence Post, May 2) seems to be a McCain supporter and takes exception to the concept that Iraq was at best a deception. Yes. it is true that other countri...