DuPage County Opinion
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Students and First Amendment rightsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Students and First Amendment rights This is in response to Melissa Jenco's piece on high school journalists and the First Amendment. As a current student of public polic...
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Guffaws at seat-belt award reminder of important life lessonJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - OK, I'll admit it: We journalist types are a little jaded, and occasionally we do talk somewhat frivolously about the news we cover. Case in point: On today's Page 5, we...
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Keep your pets safe in the hot weatherJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Now that it has warmed up for the summer, I would like to remind everyone about the dangers of leaving your pets inside parked cars. Dogs can suffer and die when left in...
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Students and First Amendment rightsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to Melissa Jenco's piece on high school journalists and the First Amendment. As a current student of public policy, specifically education policy, I ...
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There are ways to improve educationJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As with any problem like education, there isn't any one simple solution. The question of quality of elementary teaching is a good example of this. There are a number of ...
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Actually, raw milk has many benefitsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The article headed "Got milk? Not if it is raw" (June 13) is erroneous and misleading. • It notes that 22 states ban sales of raw milk for human consumption, implying th...
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Simplify the free senior ride processJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Since gas is $4 a gallon-plus, I, as a senior citizen, decided to get a free Metra boarding pass which our illustrious governor and our equally illustrious state legis...
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Durbin's comment is off the markJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently I heard a sound bite from Sen. Dick Durbin. It was basically something close to "The hottest ring of hell is reserved for those who would verbally attack a pol...
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Time to send an energetic messageJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - I have a proposal that would increase good paying jobs (that's what the politicians keep calling for) and to be less dependent on foreign oil. First, the Washington pol...
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Best way to balance the state budgetJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The governor should get together with the legislative leaders immediately and propose a cut in all state and municipal salaries by 25 percent -- and put a freeze on all ...