DuPage County Opinion
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We need political bias ratingsJan 21, 2017 12:00 am - The Daily Herald, Our View, has now spoken twice about public anger over biased reporting. So much of this is a reflection of our political rhetoric of the day. I had ho...
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Puzzled by negative react to town merger ideaJan 19, 2017 11:01 pm - Having only arrived in the area a few years ago, I find the overwhelmingly negative response to the proposed (fake or not) merger of Lisle, Warrenville and Woodridge int...
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A better candidate for tollway job?Jan 18, 2017 11:01 pm - I read in the Jan. 16 Daily Herald about how the new Illinois Tollway's Chief Operating Officer is a political and campaign veteran. This is the problem with Illinois. T...
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Opioid epidemic is real, getting worseJan 18, 2017 11:01 pm - I am writing to you in regard to the article "New pitch made for alcohol, drug treatment center near Campton Hills." The opioid epidemic is a rather common in the U.S.,...
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For new year, consider abortion alternativesJan 18, 2017 12:00 am - In the new year can we get more people to be concerned about saving babies in the womb? There will be the 44th March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Jan. 27. Tho...
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Editorial: End political expense, infighting over leak in Des PlainesJan 17, 2017 10:00 pm - For more than six months, Des Plaines aldermen have been trying to find out who leaked information about lawsuits against the city to this newspaper. And they've agreed ...
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Paper leaves voice of the right wing uncheckedJan 17, 2017 12:00 am - I saw your editorial about fake news, and the irony dripped from it so strongly it pulled the characters out of shape. It hits me in two ways. During the recent campaig...
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Editorial: State scrutiny of suburban-initiated 'Redefining Ready' could lead to fairer student assessmentJan 16, 2017 10:00 pm - Sometime this year, the Illinois State Board of Education will consider a policy change that could have an important - and positive - impact on every high school student...
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Far more progressive than GOP imaginesJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - It was very telling that the very first thing that the Republican-controlled House of Representatives wanted to do was gut the ethics function. It was clearly power sho...
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Hollywood, we don't care about your opinionsJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - To all of Hollywood and all performers, when we want to laugh or cry or be entertained we take you off the shelf and open the box we keep you in and listen and watch. W...