DuPage County Opinion
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Promoting business will ease our debtsMay 24, 2013 5:00 am - Here’s a thought or two: Our former mayor of Chicago leaves a 75-year legacy of outrageous parking meter rates for our next two generations created to solve a short-term...
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Editorial: Endangered animals are needed for our health, well-beingMay 24, 2013 5:00 am - Sometimes the fate of the smallest critters creates the biggest controversies. Remember the snail darter? The tiny fish that you could fit in the palm of your hand lived...
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Graffiti artists should refine talentsMay 24, 2013 4:40 am - Graffiti artists should refine talents Our car is stopped at the railroad crossing. The gates are down, lights flashing, bells ringing. Here comes a train. This tim...
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Do pols represent you or the NRA?May 24, 2013 4:40 am - Do pols represent you or the NRA? Those senators who voted against the bill expanding background checks for gun purchases are telling us that they are satisfied wit...
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Don’t tamper with Belleau WoodsMay 24, 2013 4:40 am - Don’t tamper with Belleau Woods Hooray, and a big thank you to Edna E. Heatherington of Glen Ellyn for speaking up on the Daily Herald “Your Opinion, Your Views” pa...
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Hope from Tragedy in OklahomaMay 23, 2013 11:00 pm - This article is dedicated to the people of Moore, Oklahoma. I feel a strange bond with the town, even though I don't have any family there; I think it's because we are p...
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Please don’t toss flag out with the trashMay 23, 2013 5:00 am - Just the other day while on my annual large-item throw-out trip up in the North Shore area with a close friend who lives in that community, we observed among the other d...
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Crime, corruption ‘tax’ impacts allMay 23, 2013 5:00 am - Ms. Marni Pyke’s excellent article on the reasons behind high Chicago gas costs nevertheless missed one of the important reasons why I paid $3.59 a gallon in South Beloi...
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IRS won’t look kindly on this ‘terrorist’May 23, 2013 4:40 am - IRS won’t look kindly on this ‘terrorist’ Despite the president’s feigned outrage over IRS’ targeting, he must have secretly cheered, since the targets were his fie...
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Keep Memorial Day a special dayMay 23, 2013 4:40 am - Keep Memorial Day a special day Memorial Day is a very special day, not for sales but for pausing and taking time to honor all those who have served this country in...