DuPage County Opinion
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The SoapboxAug 23, 2014 5:01 am - Pumping up the message: We like the effort by U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and former Chicago Bear James "Big Cat" Williams to lend their star power to fight cyberbullying. ...
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U.S. must safeguard religious freedom of allAug 22, 2014 5:01 am - I joined all Americans in breathing a sigh of relief as we heard of the safe passage of Meriam Ibrahim and her family from our American Embassy in Sudan to New Hampshire...
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Health matters are between person, doctorAug 20, 2014 11:00 pm - This is in response to Tyler Benjamin's letter of July 19, "Paying for abortion is constitutional?" responding to a letter by Georgia Carrasco of July 9. The Hobby Lobby...
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'Only' 6 years to let Bush off the hookAug 19, 2014 5:01 am - What right does Commander-in-Chief Obama have to insert pre-emptive airstrikes and send ground troops into Iraq? Has Iraq's democratically-elected leader Malaki asked fo...
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Editorial: Everyone has a stake in fighting truancyAug 19, 2014 5:01 am - The new school year begins in classrooms throughout the suburbs, arriving on the wings of excitement, hope and promise. There's something refreshing about the first day....
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Financial clout shouldn't win votesAug 18, 2014 5:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn inherited a state full of debt from George Ryan, who was indicted on federal corruption charges and sent to prison, and Rod Blagojevich, who took over fro...
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Dist. 87 flap about taking responsibilityAug 18, 2014 5:01 am - As a retired high school principal, I know from firsthand experience the difficulty developing and then administering an athletic/activity code that attempts to hold stu...
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Boomers, let's take back our pound signAug 17, 2014 5:01 am - I want to know, when did the pound sign (#) become a hash tag? In my 60-plus years we have always been told press the pound sign at the end of the conversation. So who n...
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Responsible citizens key to strong nationAug 17, 2014 5:01 am - I just watched Rep. Jan Schakowsky on "Windy City Live" talking about "live the wage." When you decide to start a family you certainly should be making more than minimum...
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High school drinking still strikes a chordAug 17, 2014 5:01 am - I'm not so old that I can't recall going to an unsupervised high school party or two at which drinking was going on. Let me rephrase that: I don't recall any unsupervise...