DuPage County Opinion
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Caught in red-light merry-go-roundSep 10, 2013 5:00 am - If you live long enough you may incur what I call the “Mikado syndrome.” As in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta it must be “a source of innocent merriment” to someone a...
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Give a thumbs up to your crossing guardSep 10, 2013 5:00 am - You see them in the mornings, at lunch or after school, holding up a familiar sign and waving schoolchildren by. They are a part of our everyday lives during the school ...
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Which president’s vacations cost more?Sep 10, 2013 4:40 am - Which president’s vacations cost more? In a recent letter, Mr. O’Brien decries the number of days the “previous resident of the White House” used for vacation compa...
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Good time to review the ConstitutionSep 10, 2013 4:40 am - Good time to review the Constitution Sept. 17-23 is “Constitution Week” — the annual commemoration of the signing of the United States Constitution on Sept. 17, 178...
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Obama spoke too soon without thinkingSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - I believe Mr. Obama is a day late and a dollar short in wanting to take action in regards to the Syrian civil war. How does taking some sort of action help the United St...
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Use resources to build our country, not go to warSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - I agree that what is going on in Syria is horrible. But what right do we have to bomb another sovereign nation without provocation? We cannot continue to be the police f...
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We cannot afford to get involved with SyriaSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - Syria’s President Bashar Assad may be a murderous thug. But would he use chemical weapons when doing so would invite Western military intervention? The chemical attack w...
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Our Mideast involvement has done little for usSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - I do not support military involvement of any type in Syria. Our involvement in that part of the world has done nothing for this country but to get our servicemen and wom...
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President wants any blame on someone elseSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - I see that President Obama has recently called for a military strike against Syria. It is predictable to note that he has asked for support from the international allies...
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Arab countries should get on boardSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - We should attack targets of real consequence in Syria with missiles but not put boots on the ground. It is true that President Assad must be brought up short on using ch...