Elmhurst Opinion
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Imrem should try crime reportingAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Sports columnist Mike Imrem, who snores watching an Olympic swim races, should give up writing about sports and switch to the crime beat. He can't generate enthusiasm vi...
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The day we began to devalue human lifeAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to Cal Thomas' "Government can't set price on life" on Monday Aug. 4, I have an answer to Cal's question regarding pinpointing the precise beginning of the c...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen up, parentsAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Dress your kid for school. Check. Pack him or her a nutritious lunch. Check. Make sure they do their homework and say please and thank you. Check. Time for the Parenting...
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Day of Giving great way to battle apathy in troubled timesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Philanthropy, I'll bet, is on a downswing. People are struggling to pay for a tank of gas, food at the store and other essentials; how can they find money to give to ch...
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Illinois' lack of trust in teen driversAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A recent article stated that there were over 4.3 million babies born in the USA, in 2007. That is a record. I am curious. Just how did the Democrat-run Illinois legisla...
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Thanks for support of garden club walkAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Members of the Elmhurst Garden Club awoke early on July 13 to a perfect midsummer day for the 13th annual Garden Walk and Faire. As Walk chair Marilyn Arado proclaimed "...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage County and Fox ValleyAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Time for an explanation: The wall of silence Naperville's park district board has created around recently hired executive director Daniel Betts' sudden "leave of absence...
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McCain should read the ConstitutionAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - I've been listening to McCain and Obama go back and forth about drilling oil and energy plans, etc. Most recently, McCain was telling Obama to persuade the Democratic le...
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Abolish legislative impeachment powerAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Until the final form of our Constitution was written, our president was to be elected for one seven-year term by Congress, and Congress had the power to impeach and conv...
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Must reading for the state legislatureAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - My sincere compliments to Joseph Ryan for his three-article series on gambling. This should be must reading for every member of the Illinois General Assembly. Then perha...