DuPage County Opinion
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Keep Thanksgiving spirit all weekendNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - Thanksgiving is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the following year. The irony is that this day of feeling blessed is followed by Black Frid...
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Editorial: Two suburban school leaders who do it the right wayNov 20, 2017 10:00 pm - The news has been relentless in recent weeks. Story after story on leaders in film, politics and journalism abdicating their leadership roles in favor of power and grati...
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#MeToo movement is hearteningNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The first time I was sexually molested, I spoke out. I was a kindergartner and the resulting reactions to my "telling on" our elderly neighbor were traumatic - adults s...
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Many thanks to Batavia businessesNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The Batavia American Legion Post 504 wishes to thank the generous public that donated to the post's yearly "Gifts for Yanks" collection. All monies collected go toward ...
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Tax plan more backward than forwardNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - We live in a nice home, and a great neighborhood, in Representative Peter Roskam's district. Under the proposed tax plan, that Roskam supports, we all would lose persona...
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Somebody will lose in a consolidation of districts 57, 59Nov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The front page article of Nov. 14, 2017 on the consolidation of Districts 59 and 57 left out a very important fact. Many years ago the same subject was put to the voters...
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Wheaton College concert a moving experienceNov 18, 2017 11:01 pm - On Nov. 8, I had the privilege of attending a standing room only free concert at the Edman Chapel of Wheaton College, featuring the United States Army Field Band & Soldi...
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Abortion is the woman's decisionNov 17, 2017 11:01 pm - Ellen Butler in her letter of Nov. 4, declares that abortion is not a religious issue, but rather it is a moral issue inasmuch as HB 40 supports the taking of a life by ...
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Veterans' hearts warmed on a cold dayNov 15, 2017 11:01 pm - I would like to thank the anonymous diner who paid the lunch tab for me and my fellow veterans at Colonial Cafe on Veterans Day. We were enjoying lunch after participat...
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Tax reform bill is penalty on homeownersNov 15, 2017 12:00 am - Since the United States federal income tax system began in 1913, it has included incentives to promote the American dream of homeownership. Now, the U.S. Congress is con...