DuPage County Opinion
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Birth control isn't part of curriculumOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - The idea that a school board in Maine is considering handing out birth control pills to 11 year olds is simply wrong. I would suggest two things: First, the schools mus...
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City does care about traffic issuesOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - I am writing to express my concern regarding information in the article about transportation improvements that was published in the Oct. 22 edition of the Daily Herald, ...
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Can't back troops while opposing warOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - As we finally see the prospects of winning the war in Iraq, a contradictory catch-phrase of the liberal anti-war project in America becomes obvious. That is, the misguid...
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A double standard for governmentOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Does anyone else find it strange that the government will say to ComEd, "You can't raise rates," but then will turn around and raise taxes? The CTA needs more money to c...
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Let public in on school discussionsOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - There has been a lot of discussion the last few weeks about Metea Valley High School and its potential location. Unfortunately, the Indian Prairie Unit District 204 Scho...
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Democrats wrong about Bush tax cutsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The Congressional Budget Office reports that the federal deficit for fiscal 2007 fell 35 percent. Since 2004 the deficit has fallen by $251 billion -- the most in any ...
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The only goal is to save innocent livesOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Pro-life individuals, including me, understand the atrocity of abortion. Pro-life individuals know that an abortion kills an innocent human being. The life that is termi...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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A few ways to deal with leaping taxesOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Your real estate tax assessment shows another jump. Used to be, we suffered from creeping taxes -- now it's leaping taxes. Two of our dearest neighbor s are packing it i...
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Tracks should have casino gamblingOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The recent impasse between the executive and legislative branches of state government offers a good opportunity to revisit the issue of horse racing in Illinois and the ...