DuPage County Opinion
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Congress should learn to governMay 15, 2013 4:00 am - In 1787, when our Constitution was written, Edmund Randolph's seventh proposal was for our president to be elected by Congress for one seven-year term and would be remov...
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Guns have a place while we’re here on EarthMay 14, 2013 5:00 am - In response to Tom McGovern, who wrote to the Daily Herald on May 3 that the gun lobby should look elsewhere because “there are no guns in heaven”: That’s true, Tom. Bec...
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City is mishandling ash borer situationMay 13, 2013 5:00 am - I have read articles in your newspaper about what Mount Prospect is doing to protect their ash trees, such as hosting a seminar to learn how to protect them. Now Des Pla...
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Be thoughtful on whom to supportMay 13, 2013 5:00 am - Be thoughtful on whom to support Before we rush to support 11 million illegal immigrants, how about making sure our vets are receiving the care they are entitled to...
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State must clean up its own act as wellMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - Thanks the Daily Herald and Reboot Illinois for hosting the April 24 Illinois pension forum; and thanks too for soliciting my reaction to the session. While interesting,...
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Problem creators now the problem solversMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - A bit of irony for readers of the Daily Herald: The same group of legislators who are in charge of fixing the pension systems are the same ones who helped destroy those ...
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Internet sales tax bill has little valueMay 12, 2013 4:40 am - Internet sales tax bill has little value It is obvious that Democratic Illinois Senator Dick Durbin and the other Senators who voted for the Internet sales tax neve...
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Don’t simply stiff the pensionersMay 12, 2013 4:40 am - Don’t simply stiff the pensioners I was disappointed in Professor Reynolds’ “analysis” in her column “Pension reform and the constitution.” She argues that the legi...
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Obama includes self in tax questionMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - A letter to the Daily Herald published April 27 was critical of President Obama for expecting the wealthy to pay a little more. The writer mistakenly said the president ...
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Great speeches need follow-upMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - Exceptionally well-delivered rhetoric in the end is still rhetoric, no matter how dramatic and seemingly heartfelt. There is no question that our president has never sto...