DuPage County Opinion
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Screening lesson for men of a certain ageApr 01, 2014 12:01 am - Screening lesson for men of a certain age When I was told I had cancer, I didn't let the shock last long. I almost immediately put my mind to work on how I was goin...
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Kirk's strange pledge for DurbinMar 31, 2014 5:01 am - The Daily Herald reported recently that Republican Mark Kirk, the current U.S. senator from Illinois, will not campaign for fellow Republican Jim Oberweis, who seeks to ...
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Increase legal smoking age to 21Mar 31, 2014 5:01 am - Here's a question to get you thinking: Why is the legal drinking age 21 but legal age to purchase tobacco is 18? Both long-term health effects of alcohol consumption and...
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It all might come down to one justiceMar 31, 2014 5:01 am - Since the advent of the nomination by George H.W. Bush and approval by the Senate of Clarence Thomas for Supreme Court justice, the court has swung decisively conservati...
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Catering to a few segments of societyMar 31, 2014 5:01 am - Our recent abysmally low voter turn out in the state of Illinois and nation wide might be viewed as a wake-up call rather than that of a surprise. It is most likely that...
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Earned retirement they were promisedMar 30, 2014 5:01 am - The Illinois General Assembly is currently considering a bill which would eliminate the "13th payment" from the IMRF retirement plan. Besides being in violation of the I...
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Your children's eyes are on you, driversMar 30, 2014 5:01 am - I find it quite disappointing to see so many parents defying driving and parking laws when their children accompany them. Being a parent requires continually setting goo...
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State shouldn't fund Naperville parkMar 29, 2014 5:01 am - The proposed new park by Naperville's Riverwalk and North Central College is a great idea. However, asking our bankrupt state to contribute $1.1 million to help build it...
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Too much revealed about cockpit controlsMar 29, 2014 5:01 am - Before 9/11, 19 foreign terrorists entered this country just to learn to fly a plane - not to take off or land, just to man controls while in flight. Today, after blanke...
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We should revisit abortion rulingsMar 29, 2014 5:01 am - I read this morning that Judge Susan Webber Wright has struck down as unconstitutional an Arkansas law prohibiting abortion citing previous legal opinions regarding fetu...