DuPage County Opinion
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Debate shows clear differencesAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - I am writing this after watching the recent debate between 6th Congressional District candidates Republican incumbent Peter Roskam and Democrat Sean Casten. There were m...
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Columnist's simplistic view of povertyAug 10, 2018 1:00 am - "Poverty is no mystery, and it's easily avoidable," Walter E. Williams wrote in the Daily Herald. If it were so avoidable, then why has poverty existed for so long all o...
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City must do somethingAug 10, 2018 1:00 am - This is not Chicago," said Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Aug. 6 after 66 shootings and 12 deaths the previous weekend. Really, Mr. Mayor? Really? In fact, this IS Chicago and (a...
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Prevention is better foreign policy than reactionAug 09, 2018 1:00 am - National security has always been one of the U.S.'s top priorities. It's why our military budget dwarfs that of any other country. The "zero tolerance" policies on immig...
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Challenger's ideas wrong for districtAug 08, 2018 1:00 am - After Sean Casten won the Democrat primary for Illinois' 6th Congressional District, I fully expected his campaign going forward would parrot the political rhetoric of t...
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Don't despair. VoteAug 06, 2018 1:00 am - Readers may think of these times as a new "Dark Age" of politics, but we should not despair. People need to vote, but not despair. About 50 years ago, there was a book d...
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New novel: 'The Swamp Fights Back'Aug 06, 2018 1:00 am - I have plans to write my first book that could be one of the best fiction novels ever written. A womanizing, boorish real estate magnate from New York runs for president...
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Resist attacks on our freedom by votingAug 06, 2018 1:00 am - In America, power is held by the people. Patriots fought to preserve our country, many dying to protect the freedoms we share. Don't forget the sacrifices they made, nor...
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County should stand up to unionsAug 06, 2018 1:00 am - I read with great interest that the Kane County board seems to be at a dilemma with respect to property taxes vis-a-vis next year's budget. In the same article, it was p...
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Keep body cams onAug 05, 2018 1:00 am - If officers are equipped with body cameras to record events during a police action to provide unbiased information about the event, why are they able to turn off the aut...