DuPage County Opinion
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Cook County soap boxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - The secret's out We all like our hometowns, but it's always nice to get validation from outsiders. Businessweek.com is lauding Barrington (25th) and Buffalo Grove (30th)...
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Cut taxes for those without school kidsNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Here it is real estate tax time again. Are we ever going to see relief from school taxes? I thought the lottery was supposed to pay for this and then be eliminated from ...
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Costs of unplanned pregnancies highNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - In response to John Conner, I would like to submit that an unplanned pregnancy entails far more than pre- and postnatal care. It takes more than $160,000 to rear a chi...
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Government and religion co-existNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Whoever taught Sarah Brannan (Fence Post, Nov. 15) about the First Amendment didn't teach her about its original intent to prevent Congress from restricting religious fr...
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Campton Hills plan is workingNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - My husband and I moved into the St. Charles area over 20 years ago. We moved out of St. Charles proper to our current home 11 years ago because we wanted space and a mor...
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Why break down vet demographics?Nov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - While I appreciate your coverage of Veterans Day activities, I didn't appreciate your politically correct breakdown of veterans. Why did you feel it necessary to break...
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Buffett is wrong about the estate taxNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Most of us, including myself, will never be affected by any federal estate tax sometimes called the death tax. However, Warren Buffett was off the mark, as reported in t...
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Writers strike may bring us to realityNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Recently, the writers who write TV shows went on strike, halting production on several shows including sitcoms and late-night talk shows. The Writers Guild doesn't care...
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Plumbing details in story were incorrectNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - I am writing in response to the Nov. 16 front page article, "Getting a safe, sound home." I would have hoped for more research before putting this article to print. It...
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Our precious gift of freedom of religionNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - When our Founding Fathers were writing the Constitution they found no issue more difficult to address than the relation of religion and state. In fact, they found it so ...