DuPage County Opinion
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Example of 'left's' problem with truthApr 12, 2015 12:01 am - Example of 'left's' problem with truth I wrote a letter a month or so ago regarding the problem the left has with the truth. The letter from Senator Cotton is a per...
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Poor turnout may not be a bad thingApr 12, 2015 12:01 am - Poor turnout may not be a bad thing Your April 9 editorial lamented (again) about the latest election low turnout, using the fact that several races were decided by...
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The SoapboxApr 11, 2015 1:00 am - Baby steps: With more than 6,000 units of government, Illinois easily has the most taxing bodies of any state in the nation. DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin...
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Salary data way offApr 11, 2015 1:00 am - The March 31 Daily Herald article "The pluses, minuses of educators serving on school boards" describes the comments of Mr. Kenzo Shibata of the Illinois Federation of T...
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Believers cannot force their faith on othersApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - A letter to the editor in the April 5 edition of the Daily Herald titled "We are ignoring our religious rights" misses an important point. Businesses are commercial ente...
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Testing opt-out bill needs your supportApr 10, 2015 12:01 am - Testing opt-out bill needs your support March 25 was Springfield lobby day for the opt-out bill, HB 306. It would allow parents to opt their children out of state s...
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The pure joy of a no-star movie ratingApr 09, 2015 12:01 am - The pure joy of a no-star movie rating Oh, joy! Once again, I thrill at reading the Daily Herald movie review with zero stars. "The DUFF" wins this stellar honor. T...
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An idea for saving 'the black box'Apr 08, 2015 1:00 am - The flight recorder known as "the black box" at times is hard to recover after a plane crashes, especially when in the ocean or the latest crash into the Alps. Why don't...
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Tollway speed limits: too little, too late, unsafeApr 06, 2015 1:00 am - A 70 mph speed limit on metro Chicago tollways would be saferthan the mostly 55/60 speed limits recommended. This counterintuitive statement is true because most drivers...
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Dropping gym class an awful ideaApr 06, 2015 12:01 am - After reading the column about Ron Sandack proposing to drop the gym class requirement in Illinois, I had to write. As the mother of two atheletes who thrived on the PE ...