DuPage County Opinion
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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 ...
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Worrying about his use of tollway I-PassJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Your first article in a series of three that I am reading this morning on the I-PASS situation has me not only frustrated, but also concerned for myself. I have been an ...
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Stop the presses!Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Warning! Warning! Danger! Danger! Self-promoting, semi-gloating and perhaps less-than-timely column approaching! Nonetheless, I had a bunch of end-of-the-year vacation t...
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Reply to letters on grade level centersJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - I would like to clarify some issues raised in letters published in the Daily Herald regarding the conversion to grade level centers at Wood Dale School District 7. With...
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Thanks, Batavia, for supporting schoolsJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I agree with having the addition being put on Batavia High School within the next three years. I am proud of the city of Batavia in passing the referendum for the addit...