DuPage County Opinion
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Don't buy into the eight-hour dietNov 25, 2013 4:00 am - My name is Garry Hickerson and I'm a senior at Conant High School. I am responding to the Daily Herald's article entitled, “Lean and Lovin' it: Intermittent fasting a ke...
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Legion post grateful for all the supportNov 25, 2013 4:00 am - Within the past few days, members of Des Plaines American Legion Post 36 have been located at several stores in the Des Plaines area distributing small American flags to...
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Thanksgiving shopping? Appalling.Nov 25, 2013 3:40 am - Thanksgiving shopping? Appalling. I have been reading and hearing about some stores opening on Thanksgiving Day. Whatever happened to “traditional” Thanksgiving whe...
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Our political editor’s firsthand brush with Washington (Ill.) disasterNov 24, 2013 4:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, and shamel...
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Durbin on wrong side of health care solutionNov 24, 2013 4:00 am - Our illustrious Sen. Dick Durbin looks like an idiot in the midst of the health care rollout fiasco. Mr. Durbin said, “There is no reason for a legislative fix” (Daily H...
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We’re hopping right over ThanksgivingNov 24, 2013 4:00 am - To those who remember celebrating Thanksgiving in November ... As far as I can remember, this was the earliest ever to start preparing for Christmas! Growing up in Chica...
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The SoapboxNov 23, 2013 4:00 am - Don’t be the next tragedy: After a Nov. 6 house fire killed three women, Arlington Heights is doing more than just urging people to test their smoke detectors. Too old t...
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Enjoy Thanksgiving at home, not the mallNov 23, 2013 4:00 am - Thanksgiving is almost here and this year more stores will be open on Thanksgiving Day and they will open earlier than last year. What happened to the once-valued tradit...
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Why not focus on the ones in charge?Nov 23, 2013 3:40 am - This is in reply to David Mitchell of Carpentersville. He made remarks about Allen Skillcorn in his condescending letter about the Tea Party. I do not fully endorse the ...
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Power of television was made evidentNov 22, 2013 4:00 am - On Nov. 22, 1963, I was a freshman at Luther High School North sitting in my geometry class when the principal announced over the loud speaker that President Kennedy had...