DuPage County Opinion
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Pro athletes are way overpaidApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - Sports are part of everyday lives for most of the people in our country. We tend to play sports everyday, at every age and at basically every location. However, it is no...
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Is Obama one of the ‘rich folk’ himself?Apr 27, 2013 5:00 am - Has this president ever made a speech or public statement where he hasn’t called for “rich folks to pay their fair share.” Since President Obama’s emergence in politics ...
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Senators showed no backbone on gunsApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - I am outraged and sickened that our Senate has been bought and paid for by big money/gun special interests. There was absolutely no reason not to pass the background che...
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News media ignoring abortion trialApr 26, 2013 5:00 am - There is a trial under way in a Philadelphia court accusing Dr. Kermit Goshnell, a late-term abortion doctor, of killing seven babies and one pregnant adult. Dr. Goshnel...
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Obama should stand firm against pipelineApr 26, 2013 5:00 am - Earlier this year I stood with 40,000 fellow Americans in Washington, D.C., calling on the president to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. The invigorating experience of s...
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No fear of being treated like criminalApr 26, 2013 4:40 am - No fear of being treated like criminal When we speak of immigration reform many people view it as a Latino issue because that is what is seen on television, or beca...
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Disarming public skirts real issuesApr 26, 2013 4:40 am - Disarming public skirts real issues Today we are debating the impact guns have on our society. With the murder rate in Chicago hovering around 16 per 100,000 reside...
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Editorial: Drop pension perks for forest officialsApr 25, 2013 2:28 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission President D. Dewey Pierotti Jr. would like the state legislature to stay out of the commission’s business. And, generally, we’d ...
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Seniors have earned their ‘entitlements’Apr 25, 2013 5:00 am - A sincere thank-you to Mr. Ken Wuestenfeld of Elk Grove Village for his letter of April 10 concerning the “entitlements” given to senior citizens via Social Security. I ...
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Government should not redefine marriageApr 25, 2013 5:00 am - The debate over marriage is centered on the misconception that government defines marriage. It does not. Marriage is defined by sexual complementarity, which predates an...