DuPage County Opinion
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Look at taxes before defending ObamacareOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - The far left Mr. Minnerick says the GOP takes stupid positions regarding many national issues but provides no detailed explanation of both sides. To do this would requir...
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Teaching is a job, not a hobbyOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - This is in response to the letter from Cindy Garcia regarding teachers putting kids first over money, published Oct. 12. She is actually proposing teaching should be a h...
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State's overreach on COD hurts community collegesOct 16, 2015 1:00 am - Forty years ago, I received an exceptional education at Harper College. Harper's small classes and dedicated, enthusiastic professors sparked my passion to learn and gav...
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Efficient government must be our focusOct 16, 2015 1:00 am - It's roundly accepted that Illinois needs to reduce its 7,000-plus units of local government to save taxpayers money and improve the delivery of services and infrastruct...
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Roskam shows how Washington's brokenOct 15, 2015 12:00 am - Want to know what's wrong with Washington? Listen to Peter Roskam in your Sept 30 article by Melissa Silverberg. Roskam called for a meeting of the GOP house caucus Tues...
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Gun customers must show mental healthOct 15, 2015 12:00 am - The conservative opposition to Obama's so-called politicization of the Oregon mass shootings is ludicrous. Anyone who doesn't think we need more legal scrutiny of gun sa...
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Bible isn't a textbook on cultureOct 15, 2015 12:00 am - I read with interest the letter in the Oct. 2 edition of the Daily Herald from Rich Lorimer. I realized again how little many people know about the scriptures. The Bible...
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Other polluters must come to tableOct 14, 2015 12:00 am - Barbara Stark urges us to wake up to global warming because of seeing a polar bear so thin that his bones were visible while he was trying to walk on a very thin piece o...
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Leave behind PACs for homeless sheltersOct 14, 2015 12:00 am - Recently, I had occasion to visit Las Vegas for a sporting event. The thing that left the biggest impression was not the hotels, not the night life, not the scenery at n...
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Needed: Common sense gun lawsOct 14, 2015 12:00 am - Now a massacre in a school in Oregon. Here's an easy fact to check out. More children age 14 and under have been killed by guns in this country than all the men and wome...