DuPage County Opinion
-
Columnists need to review American historyAug 31, 2016 1:00 am - On Sunday, Aug. 7, Cokie and Steve Roberts again showed why they have consumed gallons of Kool Aide. They insist on perpetuating the false idea that requiring an "ID" to...
-
No sympathy for Blago, but penalty too harshAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - Rod Blagojevich is not a very sympathetic figure. When I think of his fall from grace, I think of a loudmouthed braggart who was way too full of himself when governor of...
-
President Trump will reward the wealthyAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - After an Aug. 8 speech to the Detroit Economic Club, the Daily Herald's headline read "Trump and the GOP are 'in sync' on tax cuts." Be afraid, voters, be very afraid wh...
-
Simple solution on raceAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - I totally agree with Michael Fuechtmann. If black people would simply become upper middle class white folk, all their problems would disappear as would the nation's race...
-
Cradles could help improve Safe HavensAug 28, 2016 1:00 am - An article in your paper by Javeed Akhter chronicled the life of Abdul Edhi, a humanitarian in India and Pakistan. He had a 60-year career of denying wealth for himself ...
-
Pay for play defines CongressAug 28, 2016 1:00 am - Let us see: "Pay for play." Doesn't that represent the total vocation of the many lobbyists working the majority of Congress? Gary Max Peavler Elk Grove Village ...
-
Community made backpack giveaway a successAug 27, 2016 1:00 am - On behalf of the Hanover Township officials and all the staff and volunteers of our Welfare Services Department, I would like to thank the residents, community organizat...
-
Where are environmentalists as forest fires rage?Aug 27, 2016 1:00 am - Every day television shows forest fires raging somewhere in the West. Each audio report tells us that only a fraction of the fires are under control with even more break...
-
Social Security issues complex, but fixableAug 26, 2016 1:00 am - David Barnes in his letter on Aug. 12 makes a number of good points about Social Security, but there are a few that he does not mention. First, Social Security was ...
-
Illinois must be voter-sensitive againAug 26, 2016 12:01 am - I have been following the Independent Maps proposal for two years and have helped to solicit people to sign the petition. I was delighted to hear that over 560,000 signa...