DuPage County Opinion
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Health care law infringing on rightsFeb 16, 2013 4:00 am - I am not and never have been a smoker, but I was alarmed to read in the newspaper how the Affordable Care Act can wind up costing older smokers between $4,000 and $5,000...
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Good to see action taken on S&PFeb 16, 2013 3:40 am - Good to see action taken on S&P After four years, the Justice Department has taken long awaited action against Standard & Poor’s, alleging fraud. Few thought such a...
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Editorial: Collaboration that adds up to student successFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - “How will knowing how to solve algebraic equations help me get a job?” That’s a familiar question to many parents of teenagers (and to math teachers, no doubt), especial...
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Congress, the Postal Service’s savior?Feb 15, 2013 3:40 am - Congress, the Postal Service’s savior? The Postmaster General, in recently announcing the end, by August, of Saturday delivery, is getting ahead of himself. Only Co...
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1 thing in common with ‘Stan the Man’Feb 15, 2013 3:40 am - 1 thing in common with ‘Stan the Man’ Walt Zlotow’s note on the late Stan Musial brings back memories. Musial was one of my idols. I always dreamed of making the ma...
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Be glad police are armed, ready to protect usFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Ms. Litwin of Arlington Heights makes an interesting point when she asks if the NRA would recommend arming all firefighters, or whether SWAT teams should be sent in befo...
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Bike overpass not Elk Grove’s job to doFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Why is Elk Grove Village looking to spend our tax dollars to build a bicycle overpass at Route 53 and Higgins Road? This is under the sole jurisdiction and responsibilit...
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In a sea of trouble, an oasis of hopeFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - As the economy has worsened, I and others have found it difficult and sometimes impossible to continue to put food on the table — let alone “healthy options” that would ...
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Important to salute valuable teachersFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - I am a parent of three students at Ridge Circle Elementary school. With continued financial hardships and the struggle of administrators to turn around a broken school s...
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What can District 54 have been thinking?Feb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Thank you to the Daily Herald for continuing to report the embarrassing mess that School District 54 has itself in over their ghastly compensation of district administra...