DuPage County Opinion
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The irony of setting law by Supreme CourtOct 06, 2015 1:00 am - For the last several weeks, I have followed the many opinion letters submitted regarding Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses t...
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Editorial: U-46's 'canary' experience reveals health preparedness gapOct 05, 2015 11:00 pm - There are some things to take comfort in regarding the three-day Legionella scare at Elgin Area School District U-46. One is that people under 20 years old rarely cont...
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Time to wake up to global warmingOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - It was heartbreaking to see a picture of a polar bear so thin that his bones were visible while he was trying to walk on a very thin piece of ice, looking for food. When...
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Writer off base about Cubs' EpsteinOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - I have to completely disagree with the recent letter by Brian DeValle criticizing the moves of Cub Team President Theo Epstein. Is he kidding? He criticized Theo for hol...
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Don't forget where IEDs came fromOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - It was the catch phrase we were introduced to after World War II - Lest We Forget. Fourteen years after the worst attack in our country's hostory we're on the verge of ...
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Providing jobs can end cycle of imprisonmentOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - This country is on the precipice of ending the failed "War on Drugs" but apparently leaving the problem of recidivism unsolved. With more than 50 percent returning to ...
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Real Americans want the facts about IRSOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - After reading Judson Philips' article in the Sept. 11 paper about how the IRS does its job in 2014, I would like to know the facts on how many tax cheats did they catch ...
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Editorial: Follow DuPage's lead to streamline governmentOct 04, 2015 11:00 pm - Illinois is the land of plenty. We have plenty of debt, plenty of high taxes and plenty of businesses fleeing for other states, to go with a fat history of political cor...
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St. Charles shouldn't OK video gamblingOct 04, 2015 12:00 am - The St. Charles mayor wants to permit video gaming in our town. The town will get five percent of the gambling losses. Thirty-five percent of the losses will go to the r...
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Blame for PARCC scores on test-makersOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - In the guest column by Ralph Martire "Many reasons for Illinois' weak PARCC results," partial blame is placed upon the constructors of the test. In fact most of the blam...