DuPage County Opinion
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Editorial: Preckwinkle gives and takes Cook taxesOct 24, 2012 9:35 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle didn’t initiate a 1-percentage-point county sales tax increase in 2008, Her predecessor Todd Stroger did. But Preckwinkle di...
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Clear choice for forest preserveOct 24, 2012 4:48 am - Clear choice for forest preserve It has been a great honor to serve as a DuPage County Forest Preserve District commissioner for almost 22 years. I want the 6th dis...
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Don’t bother with college, smoke pot...Oct 24, 2012 4:48 am - Don’t bother with college, smoke pot I here offer a ‘kitchen table’ review of the film, “Atlas Shrugged 2.” It continues Ayn Rand’s story of the conflict between i...
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Time to throw out GOP rascalsOct 23, 2012 4:52 am - Time to throw out GOP rascals As I see it President Obama won by a landslide in 2008. He had a program of hope, but inherited a severe economic recession from the B...
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Who truly has blood on their hands?Oct 23, 2012 4:52 am - Who truly has blood on their hands? I would like to respond with facts to Paul Bischoff’s statements in the Oct. 14 Daily Herald saying Barack Obama and Hillary Cli...
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Editorial: A show of acceptance for any ageOct 22, 2012 5:00 am - Most of us likely hold memories of our high school homecoming king and queen as a picture-perfect pair. The standard for royalty often has been the captain of the footba...
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Herald’s agenda shows in endorsementOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - As a member of the 8th Congressional District, I ended my subscription to the Daily Herald after its endorsement of Tammy Duckworth. Please go to the classified section ...
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Endorsement: Yes on appointment of Bloomingdale clerkOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Bloomingdale residents will be asked whether their village clerk should be appointed rather than elected, beginning next April. State law allows village boards to make t...
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An ‘A in creativity, death and taxesOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - It is amazing that there are people in America who, Hamlet-like, cannot decide, until after the debate points are tallied, whether this country needs rescuing. Fence-sit...
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Stand against ‘killing of innocents’Oct 21, 2012 5:00 am - At the 67th session of the United Nations on Sept. 25, President Obama addressed the General Assembly, saying, “There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents.”...