DuPage County Opinion
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Gun buy-back deals are not the answerOct 30, 2015 12:00 am - Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing to spend $250,000 of taxpayer money to fund a gun buyback program. The mayor says the program is designed to get illegal guns off the cit...
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Editorial: DuPage County and reminders budgeting should be give-and-takeOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - It's budget season, both for the private and public sector. It's also silly season for some. Imagine if you will this scenario: Your boss tells you to prepare next year'...
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Glad no Roskam bid for leadership roleOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - I am writing in response to the Daily Herald article, "Roskam won't run for GOP leadership." Mr. Roskam said he would not run for a leadership position in Congress and e...
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Illinois: Get moving on funding for disabledOct 26, 2015 5:00 am - My son, Bryan, is a happy, loving, hardworking 17-year-old with moderate to severe autism, who attends a NSSEO school in Palatine. In the two-plus years he has been at h...
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Editorial: It's leaders' responsibility to 'move forward' at College of DuPageOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - It's long past a time when cooler heads might prevail at the helm of College of DuPage, but, in spite of a downpour of negative news this month, the opportunity always e...
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Time to stand up to Tea Party, GOPOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - If you think compromise is a bad thing or consider yourself a Tea Party person, you need not read any further. If you are a Republican and you are still reading, then th...
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Keep fighting horse slaughter plantsOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - Eighty percent of American voters oppose horse slaughter for consumption, for a variety of reasons ranging from ethics to economics. Since 2005, Congress has respected t...
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Need more people like Justin AnthonyOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - Just read the article by John Starks about Justin Anthony, the Elgin Academy alumnus, who founded EPIC Hoopz to teach kids to be leaders. Certainly the world would be a ...
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Debate or socialist one-upmanship?Oct 26, 2015 1:00 am - Bernie Sanders: "I will take from the rich, and give it to the American people!" Hillary Clinton: "I will take from the rich, keep my share, and give what's left to the ...
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Now, here's some irony from CODOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - Does anyone else find it ironic that College of DuPage chose this moment in time to send a flyer promoting a course in "Financial Scams and Crimes"? Cecille Gerber Wheat...