Carol Stream Opinion
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When is it time to talk about gun control?Oct 21, 2017 12:01 am - April 16, 2007, a gunman armed with automatic weapons kills 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech University. When the American public called for stricter gun control...
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Fortunately, these soldiers lost the warOct 19, 2017 12:01 am - While I doubt that you could find even one living American veteran who would say that they fought to preserve the right of police to brutalize people of color and to pre...
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Editorial: How would camera disrupt decorum of DuPage courtroom?Oct 18, 2017 11:00 pm - It has been five years since DuPage County first allowed photographers into their courtrooms. And even though there have been no problems to speak of, that hasn't stoppe...
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Editorial: Fighting opioid epidemic on many frontsOct 12, 2017 5:00 am - If anyone doubts the extent of the opioid epidemic, pay attention to these stories on the federal, state and local level just in the last couple days. On Tuesday, first ...
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Controlling our own public spaceOct 09, 2017 12:01 am - There is a story, often told, that upon exiting the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was approached by a group of citizens asking what sort of government the...
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Wheaton College players should repentOct 06, 2017 12:01 am -
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Truth will prevail in Wheaton College hazingOct 03, 2017 1:00 am - Steve Thompson's letter of Sept. 24 regarding the Wheaton College situation illustrates the rush to judgment that seems to prevail in our society. It is my understandin...
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Editorial: Public officials can't separate 'private' commentsOct 02, 2017 11:00 pm - Traci O'Neal Ellis apologized this week. You'll recall, she was the Elgin Area School District 46 board member who said on Facebook that the American flag represented "n...
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Trump's behavior on NFL is simply wrongOct 02, 2017 1:00 am - Once again our president has chosen to divide our nation. Since announcing his candidacy and continuing into his presidency Donald Trump has gone out of his way to insul...
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NFL, fans need to draw the lineOct 02, 2017 1:00 am - Regading the NFL protests, I do not agree that players should be fired for exercising their First Amendment rights, but at some point the NFL and the fans need to draw t...