DuPage County Opinion
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Tri-Cities soap boxJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - High marks It's always nice to get a compliment when you don't expect it. That's the case with Sugar Grove, which was featured as one of the nation's most affordable sub...
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Don't use dog race to promote readingJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in regard to the Jan. 7 story, "Race is on to read this winter." Promoting reading is a laudatory goal. Nevertheless, animal lovers hope the Naperville Public Li...
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Fox Valley soap boxJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Minimal thrill We're guessing Carpentersville residents and their neighbors weren't all that impressed when the Main Street bridge renovations that turned travel into a ...
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DuPage Co. soap boxJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A public servant with strength: In today's rough-and-tumble world of politics, it's easy to become a pessimist about public life. This week's story about the passing of...
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Smoking ban shows how much bars stinkJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Smoke no longer stinks up my clothes, sticks to my lungs or clouds my vision at the local pubs. But the one good thing smoke did was mask the nasty, musty, stinky, old-b...
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Gun control isn't making society saferJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - I agree with James Foley's Jan. 1 letter that "keeping guns out of the hands of gang members and criminals is a good idea" and "common sense." Unfortunately, one cannot ...
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Cook Co. soap boxJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - South Siders bring soul to suburbs Gospel choir Soul Children of Chicago, led by fired-up director Walt Whitman, highlighted a rousing celebration of the legacy of Dr. M...
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As a nation, we can't sink to tortureJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Normally, I would agree with those who claim there is no excuse for ignorance. However, with the Bush Administration, with all its secretiveness and fake executive privi...
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Check out deeds, not words or beliefsJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Professed religious beliefs as a blanket judgment for a person's character is gullible. When it's used as the primary lens to define a politician, it's just plain foolis...
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Change candidates should be seekingJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - I am not surprised at the emphasis on change coming from both parties given the miserable and even alarming record of the Bush administration. What I would like is for ...