DuPage County Opinion
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Come see the trains at DuPage museumDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The DuPage County Historical Museum is in danger of closing due to the crisis in the 2008 county budget. If this happens it will be a great lost to the residents of DuPa...
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Cook Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Bartlett voters, start your engines … If Bartlett voters in the 14th Congressional District don't think it's weird enough that they'll be voting twice for the same offic...
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Too many lawyers for our own goodDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The other day, a friend who is a doctor was telling me about the incredibly high insurance rates he is forced to pay to keep his practice open. Later that day, I ran int...
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Fox Valley soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A long road Once an art teacher in his small Mexican village, Juan Hernandez immigrated to the U.S. 17 years ago. He took two jobs, yet always had a return to teaching i...
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DuPage Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Never easy to start over There's a lesson in the Rev. Jim McLain's story about how he and his wife rebuilt their lives since Hurricane Katrina destroyed their church and...
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A way to help older people at holidaysDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Just food for thought. I have the pleasure of working with the public. I see and talk with many older people struggling to do holiday shopping. Aside from just getting ...
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Hyde, a great role model and statesmanDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - As Henry Hyde's alderman in the 3rd Ward of Wood Dale for the past 12 years, I would try to see him whenever he was in town. We always parted with my comment that he sho...
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Judges are to rule on law, not their viewsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman complains in his ruling on Nov. 14 that the state's "Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act" would violate the First Amendment. He...
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Lauzen best choice for CongressDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Chris Lauzen is just the combination of youth, experience, leadership and talent that we need to make an outstanding replacement for Denny Hastert as Congressman from th...
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Why is recall focus only on toys?Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - With all the recent toy recalls, I have been asking myself why just toys. Let's look at some other things that people are exposed to far more than toys. How about the k...