DuPage County Opinion
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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...
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BEWSF Awards $10,000 in Scholarship Money to Elmhurst StudentsJun 27, 2017 11:00 pm - The BEWSF (Brian E. Wagner Scholarship Fund) proudly celebrated their 7th year of operation by awarding five scholarships to high school seniors from the Elmhurst area. ...
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Yes, let's move onJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - This is in response to the letter from Bill Slankard of Arlington Heights. He claims that the president and his supporters are whiners. Maybe he should look in the mirro...
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How headline should have readJun 27, 2017 12:01 am - The headline for an article in the June 24 issue of the Daily Herald read, "Illinois Catholic bishop issues decree against gays." The headline should have read, "Bishop ...
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Editorial: Creative partnership makes Geneva landfill project a winnerJun 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Reusing closed landfills, like Settler's Hill in Geneva, is tricky business. Options are limited because of EPA rules about what can and can't be done with the land, and...
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Terrorists are hardly 'responsible'Jun 26, 2017 1:00 am - The June 5 Daily Herald had a sub-headline "ISIS claims responsibility…" I read this within 24 hours of hearing an interview on NPR with Indira Latshmanan from the Poynt...
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This is what 'not afraid' sign really meantJun 26, 2017 1:00 am - To Kevin Carlson who in his letter to the Daily Herald (June 6) gives his interpretation of the message I give by planting a "We are not afraid" yard sign in my front ya...
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We'll be better off whatever probe findsJun 26, 2017 1:00 am - The Russian government must be in hysterics over the chaos in Washington and it's all because of Donald Trump. He will go to any length to stop any investigation into wh...
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A requiem for civilityJun 25, 2017 1:00 am - I write to mourn the passing of something I've long admired - civility. I can't pinpoint when it fell ill, but its much-diminished condition became obvious during the tw...