DuPage County Opinion
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School versus food not much of a choiceApr 21, 2014 12:01 am - "The Freshman 15" is an expression commonly used that refers to the weight often gained during a student's first year at college. However, for some of Illinois' college ...
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Privacy rights essential to a free societyApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - In an April 6 letter to the editor, Jeff Markarian, suggested that only people with something to hide would be worried about government surveillance. This cliché falsely...
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Why your mayors want you riled up over pensionsApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - Let's face it, our municipal leaders are not in the most enviable position on this one: They need to get the public's blood boiling about pension reform. It's a huge, hu...
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On Naperville's health care debateApr 20, 2014 12:01 am - On Naperville's health care debate The Daily Herald's front page story, April 13, on whether Naperville's City Council members should receive health care benefits h...
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Bring alternatives to Obamacare out of hidingApr 19, 2014 5:01 am - In reference to the April 4 cartoon on your Opinion page about never finding the GOP alternative to Obamacare, I know where you can find it! It is locked up in Harry Rei...
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The SoapboxApr 19, 2014 5:00 am - A joyful 'ribbit': Is there anything more serene than the sound of frogs in wetlands? Thanks to biologists from Lake County Forest Preserve District and Lincoln Par...
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Left wants no probe of tax exemptionsApr 19, 2014 12:01 am - Two previous letter writers debated whether the IRS targeted progressives equally as they did conservatives as each of those groups applied for tax exempt status. In Ju...
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Talk gets bigger, stick gets smallerApr 19, 2014 12:01 am - In regards to the situation in the Ukraine; it is my opinion that all of the actions by this president, his administration and the current Senate has given Russia and ot...
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Editorial: $200 million later, flood still hurtsApr 17, 2014 5:00 am - It's been a year since a wall of water hit Des Plaines when the Des Plaines River crested at a record high level of 10.92 feet. It's been a year since the Fox River spil...
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Helping with smiles on their facesApr 17, 2014 12:01 am - Helping with smiles on their faces I should let you know about a group of students at Fenton High School in Bensenville. These students have been coming to help at ...