DuPage County Opinion
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Sour on sugar taxJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - This new beverage tax in Cook County is a ridiculous burden on businesses and consumers. It is just another way for politicians extract money from taxpayers to fund the...
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Print is to blame, tooJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - Concerning the Sunday editorial on cable news bias, newsprint needs to look in the mirror. One must recognize the left-leaning bias in today's major print media. The New...
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Backlog of those who came here illegallyJun 30, 2017 12:01 am - Regarding Burt Constable's piece from May 28, "Fear trumps law to help kids"; first, catchy play on the title to the story, second it's really a heartfelt story that I'm...
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Get foreign money out of U.S. electionsJun 30, 2017 12:01 am - Campaign finance loopholes currently allow foreign-owned, foreign-controlled, and foreign-influenced corporations to funnel unlimited cash into U.S. elections. Russia wa...
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Editorial: Mundelein, Dist. 211 and a call for local candidatesJun 29, 2017 2:00 am - We have a quandary. In an analysis of the November election, we learned that only 30 percent of potential local races were contested because there weren't more candidate...
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Don't ignore the sabotage of ACAJun 29, 2017 1:00 am - Gordon Szymanski needs more research before disparaging people "spouting off" about health care reform as sloppy. Insurance companies dropping out and premiums and deduc...
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Here! Here!Jun 29, 2017 1:00 am - I don't know that I have ever read an opinion letter more to the point than that of Mr. Falk on Sunday, June 25. It should be required reading in every household in Amer...
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Wall between church and state must be builtJun 29, 2017 12:01 am - The Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Thomas Jefferson himself wrote in a lett...
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No contest: Rachel Maddow over Sean HannityJun 29, 2017 12:01 am - I found it sad and amusing that you would compare Rachel Maddow to Sean Hannity. She is a scholar and pays researchers to do due diligence for each show. It is like sitt...
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We should consider voting by mailJun 28, 2017 12:01 am - As Josef Stalin famously said, "It doesn't matter who votes, it's who counts the votes." In 2002, following the debacle of the 2000 Presidential Election, Congress passe...