DuPage County Opinion
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No where else are gun laws so laxDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - The National Rifle Association and its supporters like to say: “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.” The fact is, though, that it is much harder to kill without ...
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Court ruling will help crime dropDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Well Illinois citizens finally will have the right to protect their gift of life and their loved ones. Illinois is way behind the rest of America in granting concealed c...
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The SoapboxDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Still moving: The tragic case of Elgin High School teacher Carolyn Gilbert, spotlighted through Daily Herald reports, led to state legislation that should make teachers...
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Socialism will lead to communismDec 21, 2012 3:32 am - Socialism will lead to communism It would appear that politicians and voters generally never bother or care reviewing the past disastrous end results other countrie...
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Take a stand for president’s planDec 21, 2012 3:32 am - Take a stand for president’s plan Our state is fiscally a mess and will be hit further if the federal budget is not settled in the next week. In fact our entire cou...
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Only one use for military-style weaponsDec 21, 2012 3:32 am - Only one use for military-style weapons I have owned guns since I was 12 years old (53 years), so I’m obviously not anti-gun. That doesn’t mean I checked my brain a...
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Stick to the law and pass a budgetDec 20, 2012 4:00 am - The Senate has not passed a budget for three-plus years. Now, as I see it, our president does not want a budget passed and Harry Reid is simply doing the bidding of the ...
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Editorial: NIU case is another example of hazing’s cynical disguiseDec 20, 2012 4:00 am - Two weeks ago, reflecting on controversies at some area high schools, we condemned the common view of hazing as a harmless tradition that only occasionally gets out of h...
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Why all the grousing about capitalism?Dec 20, 2012 3:40 am - Why all the grousing about capitalism? Jason Turuc’s letter of Dec. 8, “Think about true cost of bargains,” ultimately indicts capitalism as much as it does Walmart...
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A celebration of Ravi Shankar’s lifeDec 20, 2012 3:40 am - A celebration of Ravi Shankar’s life Thanks for publishing a locally reported article about the life and work of Ravi Shankar, with comments from Anuradha Behari an...