DuPage County Opinion
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Don't need Dem ward bosses in DuPageOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - One of the reasons I moved to Lombard was to escape the grasp of Cook County Democratic politics. Now I learn my State Senator Tom Cullerton, D-23, is supported by the C...
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Vote for 'Mickey'?Oct 03, 2016 1:00 am - After watching the debate Monday evening I was reminded of "elections" that took place in grade school. Despite admonishment by the teachers to be serious about your vot...
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Is this an acceptable future?Oct 03, 2016 1:00 am - What has happened to the United States. When did it become acceptable to express hatred of those with a different color, religion, or ethnicity? When did it become unn...
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The joy of getting things doneOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - I find it a joy to support candidates who put the nation and the needs of its people first, and work fearlessly both across the aisle and within the party to get things ...
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Smodilla will stand up for taxpayersOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - For too long, the Illinois Senate has just been another chamber controlled by the Democratic leadership in Springfield. The supermajority has been complicit in the curr...
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Another view of Kaepernick protestOct 02, 2016 12:01 am - Colin Kaepernick has been told that his protests on behalf of equality dishonor the military men and women who have died fighting for the anthem and the flag. He is tol...
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Take TV cameras off the flag protestersOct 02, 2016 12:01 am - I fully support the tenet that American citizens have the right to support their beliefs or disappointments in our country. But this latest expression has become an expr...
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An emotional roller coaster rideOct 01, 2016 1:00 am - Sept. 11 was an unbelievable day for most Americans. It was a day that forced us to realize how precious freedom is and also how fragile freedom is. I was astonished wh...
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On patriotism and sporting eventsOct 01, 2016 1:00 am - I served in Vietnam in 1970-1971. I cried only once. The American flag was being lowered on foreign soil. I told myself never to cry again in 'Nam. I watched when the b...
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With Trump, flattery gets you everywhereSep 30, 2016 1:00 am - Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump recently defended his continuing praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin by saying, "If he says great things about me, ...