DuPage County Opinion
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Our lawmakers know wealth is powerOct 02, 2013 5:00 am - Linda Dickey’s letter in the Daily Herald on Sept. 21 fails to identify the real reason for the voting by our legislators. They support such things as reductions in food...
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The right to know what’s in our foodOct 02, 2013 4:40 am - The right to know what’s in our food In May, Sen. Dick Durbin voted against a proposed farm bill amendment, introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, which woul...
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Second place on supercomputers not good enoughOct 01, 2013 5:00 am - When the GE Global Research team wanted to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient jet engines, they faced a major problem: They needed to know how changes in the plane’s f...
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Key distinction with Democrats and GOPOct 01, 2013 4:40 am - Key distinction with Democrats and GOP The Democrats have the advantage of unity. The unity is based on their belief that the government should be your mama and you...
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Why all the health care waiver requests?Oct 01, 2013 4:40 am - Why all the health care waiver requests? If Obamacare is so great, why do Congress and the Supreme Court want a “waiver” from it? Every day more and more people or ...
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Dems’ hypocrisy on health careSep 30, 2013 12:41 pm - The Republican-controlled House did their job last week and passed a continuing resolution to fund the entire federal government’s activities without providing funding f...
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Headline didn’t portray story’s main pointSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - I was disappointed in a headline written for the Page 6 continuation of the story, “25 years of ministry,” found in Sept. 20’s paper. The front-page subhead said, “How H...
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Watch the full-time jobs disappearSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - Dear Senators Durbin and Kirk, The so called Affordable Care Act has proved to date to be ill conceived, underforecasted and wrought with many unintended consequences th...
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Roskam’s effort for more jobs is weakSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - I received a newsletter from my U.S. congressman, Peter Roskam (6th District), all about the unfortunate one-year anniversary of delaying the Keystone XL pipeline permit...
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Inanimate objects can't break the lawSep 29, 2013 5:00 am - Investigators looking into how a car that was driving drunk hit another car that was not drinking. No people seemed to be involved. Another report claiming two guns shoo...