Carol Stream Opinion
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Postcard on prepayments was misleadingApr 09, 2018 1:00 am - Recently, a postcard arrived in our mail, marked "Important Tax Information," boldly announcing that our ever-concerned-for-his-constituency congressional representative...
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Editorial: New U-46 student trauma training important tool for teachersApr 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Imagine a child whose life is marked by daily trauma caused by poverty, abuse, neglect, divorce, mental illness or the loss of a parent. Now imagine how difficult it wou...
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Voters are ID'dApr 07, 2018 1:00 am - A March 20 letter echoed President Donald Trump's claim of massive voter fraud and decried being able to vote without being identified. Research has shown that, in fact,...
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Editorial: 111-year-old's lessons for a life well livedApr 03, 2018 11:00 pm - Make close friends. Be charitable to others. Appreciate a good joke. Merle Phillips wasn't one to hand out much advice on her birthday Monday for living long (she turn...
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Election panel needs to take chargeMar 28, 2018 1:00 am - The proximate cause of the recent problems in many DuPage County polling places was that no one tested a new batch of items that allow the equipment to total-up the vote...
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Problem with guns getting into the wrong handsMar 27, 2018 1:00 am - The stock market crash of 1929 may have had but one redeeming factor. The majority of American households were suddenly financially strained to just have the basic neces...
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Silencer ban would not reduce gun violenceMar 24, 2018 1:00 am - I would like to offer a counterpoint on Erica Nelson's letter on "silencers," also known as suppressors. Erica is a great person and fine public servant, but I disagree ...
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A model for making America competitiveMar 23, 2018 1:00 am - Germany, with its high worker wages (substantially higher than ours), high taxes and strict government regulations, has the world's highest trade surplus. To make Americ...
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Facing up to lost warsMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - I clearly remember thinking that the U.S. was losing the Vietnam War if indeed it had not already lost it. I am now thinking that we have been losing the war in Afghanis...
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Renew global food actMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - Two years ago, we accomplished something historic in the fight against hunger. On July 20, 2016, President Obama signed the Global Food Security Act into law, after it h...