DuPage County Opinion
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Editorial: Think safety to narrow jurisdiction gapsJan 14, 2014 4:00 am - The occurrence of two fatal accidents in six months at the same suburban neighborhood doesn’t necessarily signal a trend or set alarm bells ringing. But the separate cra...
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Service people still dying abroadJan 14, 2014 3:40 am - Service people still dying abroad Every week the TV show, “This Week With George Stenopoulos,” acknowledges the deaths of our military killed in Afghanistan. This p...
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Love your kids? Push for drug testsJan 14, 2014 3:40 am - Love your kids? Push for drug tests In the Jan 9 edition of the Daily Herald, you reported that Naperville School District 203 has backed away from drug testing stu...
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Editorial: An election system set up to help incumbentsJan 13, 2014 6:59 am - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield got a pass in the Democratic primary in the 10th Congressional District Thursday when Arlene Hickory of Lake Bluff got knocked off ...
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Durbin no help to tornado victimsJan 13, 2014 4:00 am - I just heard that FEMA is not giving aid to the tornado stricken areas in Illinois. This should not come as a surprise because shortly after Sen. Dick Durbin walked thro...
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Meacham Road vote should favor us, not themJan 13, 2014 4:00 am - Rolling Meadows aldermen have a fundamental decision to make. Will they be accountable to their constituents, or please neighboring Schaumburg and passing motorists on M...
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U.S. should make a deal with SnowdenJan 13, 2014 4:00 am - I’m in agreement with Richard Cohen that the U.S. should make a deal with Edward Snowden. What I’m not understanding is why people don’t use the word “whistleblower” in ...
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Columnist’s ego too big for print?Jan 13, 2014 4:00 am - While reading Jim Slusher’s column on Dec. 26 about his love of reading, I was struck by his frequent use of “I,” “I’m” or “I’ll” (36 times) and “my” (six times). Could ...
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Pro-marriage efforts certainly not fizzlingJan 13, 2014 4:00 am - An Associated Press report claiming that the challenge to Illinois House incumbents who voted for marriage redefinition has fizzled is utterly misleading. According to o...
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Aren’t pols guilty of deceptive practices?Jan 12, 2014 3:40 am - Aren’t pols guilty of deceptive practices? It was announced recently in the news that some company selling weight loss products was found to be misleading and decep...