Aurora Opinion
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Dropping out a matter of choiceMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama claims there is a big problem with high school dropouts, saying that "only" 70 percent of students starting high school actually graduate. He also says t...
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Four reasons coyote culling a bad ideaMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I see where Wheaton has started to implement it's program to cull out the coyotes. I believe there are four main reasons this short sighted course of action is not the r...
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Great job with the plowsMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I want to thank the street department in Hampshire for doing such a great job on snow removal this year. They did a super job. Jim Setter Hampshire ...
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Time to get serious on school fundingMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - By this time, no one can be too surprised to hear that another school district is facing painful staffing cuts in order to address a budget disaster. It's a theme that h...
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The true meaning of 'shared pain'Mar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - "Shared pain" is phrase used by politicians when they want to raise our taxes and make us feel guilty if we don't accept them. They talk of budget cuts, like cutting tea...
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Dems, GOP waging a new Civil War?Mar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I am stunned by the level of hysteria, harshness, and misinformation in our national discourse. The divide between the Republicans and Democrats is so deep and apparent...
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Cost of health care reform understatedMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The Congressional Budget Office recently noted the federal budget deficit is on a trajectory that poses significant economic risks and will become unsustainable. The sam...
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What can you believe from Biden?Mar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - That huge sound you heard the other day wasn't a sonic boom or some rolling thunder, but several hundred million people laughing at Vice President Joe Biden's comment on...
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Taxpayers fleeced by Dist. 203 contractMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The outright winner in the new Naperville Unit District 203 teachers agreement was the teachers, with the taxpayers taking another tough beating. School board members m...
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GOP members were called Nazis firstMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - My, how Democrats howl when they get a dose of their own medicine. Fabian Lieschke, who describes himself as a "young German," wants to see widespread condemnation of Te...