Letters to the Editor
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Hardhearted veto is symbolic of GOPOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - President Bush vetoed the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). This bill would substantially increase insurance coverage for children of the working poor, ...
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A nifty idea that hasn't worked outOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Traveling recently on I -90 from Chicago on route to our lake cottage in Wisconsin, I counted on one hand the times any driver alerted me to changing lanes. Even then, t...
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Time maybe right for term limitsOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Now may be the right time to vote for term limits. A president can't serve more than eight years. Why should a representative or senator remain in office 20 to 30 years,...
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U-46's Neale could give fleecing lessonsOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - I believe that Connie Neale, superintendent of Elgin School District U-46, deserves our admiration as opposed to our vilification. She has shown all of us how to success...
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Plenty of marathon 'stupid' to go aroundOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - At least one Chicago sports columnist has suggested that the toll this year's heat took on some of the Chicago marathon runners be blamed on the "idiotic" and "foolhardy...
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Runners certainly were not at faultOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - I attended the Chicago Marathon in support of my nephew, a first-time marathon runner. He ran a respectable pace and was by no means at the end of the pack. We waited fo...
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Goudie wrong about BlackwaterOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - This is a rebuttal to Chuck Goudie's completely ill-informed and biased opinion piece regarding Blackwater. My information is not second hand or hearsay from an ignorant...
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A day in the life of teachers anywhereOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: It is always interesting to me when professionals without a teaching degree advise others how teachers should do their jobs and be compensated. Recently, ...
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Thanks for support of PADS Run/WalkOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Our 3rd Annual PADS Run/Walk brought the community to their feet! Close to 400 runners and walkers took to the streets of Wheaton on Sept. 9 and raised more than $63,000...
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Real lesson? Herald cannot be trustedOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Thank you Dennis Depcik for your try at explaining what happened at Buffalo Grove High School, regarding cutting "God Bless America" from the weekly Homecoming activitie...