DuPage County Opinion
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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...
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One mother's view of the ACAJan 15, 2017 12:00 am - As the process to repeal the Affordable Care Act begins, I wanted to share with you what the ACA has meant to our family personally. I write not as a Democrat, Republica...
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Electoral college and the myth of democracyJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - Gerrymandering and the powerful influence of special interests are often identified as barriers to the real-life implementation of the democratic ideals this country was...
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Trump won't just get 'participation trophy'Jan 13, 2017 12:00 am - I'd like to add to Joni Lindgren's letter of Jan. 9. I'm sure she will agree with almost all of the comments. As she points out, she cannot tolerate Donald Trump as pre...
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Can't sit on sidelines as ethics are watered downJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - On the first day of the new Congress, our Republican House will vote to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics. Since this last election cycle created such focus on ...
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Obama will still pardon BlagojevichJan 11, 2017 11:01 pm - I'm still convinced that Rod Blagojevich will be pardoned by President Obama at the eleventh hour. But not only Blago, I think another friend of the president, Tony Rezk...
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'What ifs' don't justify 'do overs'Jan 11, 2017 12:00 am - A December 14, 2016 column in The New York Times by Dahlia Lithwick and David S. Cohen titled "Buck Up, Democrats, and Fight Like Republicans" starts this way: "On Monda...
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What 'hacked' emails were really all aboutJan 09, 2017 12:00 am - There sure is a lot of reporting that the "Presidential Election was hacked by the Russians." To be very clear, there is no evidence that any voting machines were "hacke...
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Bob Walgren's contributions were manyJan 09, 2017 12:00 am - I was saddened as I read the Dec. 28 Neighbor Section of the Daily Herald. Page one of that section was devoted to notable deaths in DuPage County during 2016. I expecte...
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Should we be controlled by 3 major cities?Jan 09, 2017 12:00 am - This is for all of you out there who are opposed to the Electoral College. Wise up! The Founding Fathers were much smarter than you. The 2016 Presidential Election was t...