DuPage County Opinion
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Term limits solve legislative frustrationAug 12, 2017 1:00 am - So what's the big deal? Elaine Nekritz is quitting as state representative after 15 years. Term limits could have saved her all this frustration years ago. Joyce Peterse...
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A fitting punishmentAug 12, 2017 1:00 am - Your Tuesday's paper contained an article about an Arizona woman who was sentenced to death for killing a 10-year-old girl by "locking her in a small plastic storage box...
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Trump Jr. shouldn't fear investigationAug 12, 2017 1:00 am - On July 30 and July 31, there were three letters bemoaning the investigation of Donald Trump Jr. Why? If he is not guilty, he should have nothing to worry about. Also, w...
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Putting hopes in a god with feet of clayAug 12, 2017 12:01 am - It's about time the Evangelicals and other Christians who voted for Trump admit they've fallen into a kind of idolatry by putting their hopes in a god with clay feet, an...
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Columnist not shy to speak the truthAug 11, 2017 12:01 am - I can't tell you how pleased I am to read a columnist who knows the truth and is not shy about proclaiming it. How utterly refreshing! I have nothing but admiration and ...
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Tax-hike arithmetic doesn't sound so badAug 10, 2017 1:00 am - In Dan McCaleb's Aug. 2 column, he states that the average increase in the state income tax will be $1,000. I'm not an accountant, but I can do simple math, and by my re...
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Airport noise wasn't part of the bargainAug 10, 2017 1:00 am - Twenty-five years ago, we moved out to Bartlett because we wanted a quiet, bucolic setting for our home. We accepted a longer commute to work in the city, we accepted hi...
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Health care may be charity, but it's not a rightAug 10, 2017 12:01 am - Maria Fort argues in a July 29 edition that health care should be a human right. For that to happen, it would have to be right, as in moral, to coerce someone to complet...
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Why is there a double standard for Trump?Aug 09, 2017 1:00 am - Just read the same old diatribe from Tom Ploski of Mount Prospect, and I have one question for him. Why is he not up in arms about the fact that our current president wi...
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Critical thinking needed to fight gun crimeAug 09, 2017 1:00 am - The July 30 article which said "jobs cure killing" lacks critical thought. It did a fine job building an accounting case based on a shaky premise and ignored the lack of...