Elmhurst Opinion
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Beware scams on one-time gov. checksMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will be happy to know that issuance of the special one-time $250 American Recovery and Re...
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A candidate not entangled in politicsMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to all the May 18 letters to the editor, which referred to Illinois' financial status, I feel obliged to tell you about Adam Andrejewski, a refreshing candid...
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Musings about Drew, contracts and Route 59May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Some random thoughts from your friendly DuPage editor, a Friday Soapbox, if you will ... We're on the case In case you didn't notice, our coverage of the Drew Peterson ...
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Time to stop trying to mandate slotsMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Allow us to provide a bit of apparently needed history for the Illinois General Assembly and, in particular, for state Sen. Terry Link of Waukegan: In 1927, when Arling...
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Fed up with doomsday scenariosMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Governor Quinn, I have a message for you. I refuse to be bullied with doomsday scenarios. Politicians are always predicting doom when it comes to raising taxes. They do ...
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Driscoll's final graduation; we hope to be thereMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The end, alas, is almost here for Driscoll Catholic High School in Addison. Today is the final day of classes for seniors, who will be practicing for the school's final ...
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Civil unions should apply to allMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to J. Lippert's May 7 letter regarding God's law and gay marriage, I must say that he must be forgetting that this country is a democracy and not a theocracy...
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Civil unions are a civil rights issueMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Thanks so much for your strong editorial for civil rights. That's right, civil unions is a civil rights issue, not a religious issue. As an ordained minister of the Gosp...
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Complaint about fundraiser off baseMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Bob Peickert's letter regarding my fundraiser was, as usual, incorrect and off base. My support from organized labor was there when I first ran four years ago. I have k...
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Will apologist approach work?May 12, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read a report from The Associated Press that gleefully predicted the nation's economic skies will begin to clear up by the end of 2009. It amazes me how many peo...