Bloomingdale Opinion
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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Government wastes taxes on NBA adsMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - It's the time of year to start assembling the paperwork, filling out the federal and state income tax forms and writing out those checks. I was thinking about this tod...
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No compromising land preservationMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - There have been several occasions during my 13-year tenure as president of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's Board of Commissioners when public and private...
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Obama is clearly the better choiceMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary Clinton can crow all she wishes about the importance of her wins to date in many of the bigger states, but it doesn't signify unless in November her supporters e...
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'Hope' is not going to keep us safeMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - If we're willing to be intellectually honest, and start from a baseline that says both Obama and McCain are fundamentally decent men, the decision should come down to th...
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Public works bill must be approvedMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I've read that 75 percent of Illinois highways are more than 40 years old and that most were designed to last 40 years. Guess what? Drive anywhere in the suburbs, if you...
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Good question on DuPage turning blueMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to Paula McGowen's Feb. 15 letter to the editor. Paula, it was most appropriate for Sen. Cronin to ask why in God's name anyone would want to turn D...
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Saturday Soapbox: Rec center delay a good ideaMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Naperville Park District leaders made the right call when they agreed to delay talks about a new indoor recreation center until Executive Director Daniel Betts gets sett...
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Sorry, but even student journalists need bosses, tooMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying I have enormous respect for the accomplishments of the Central Times, the student-run newspaper at Naperville Central High School. More than once ...
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McCain is the one who shows naiveteMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - John McCain gets big cheers when he talks about how naïve Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are about national security. McCain declares that it's a dangerous world out t...