DuPage County Opinion
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How do you define self-destructive?Oct 04, 2012 4:37 am - How do you define self-destructive? I sure would like to know where Mr. Lanlan Hoo gets his “economic history.” Back in the late 1970s, we were in a deep recession ...
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Candidate research involves the BibleOct 04, 2012 4:37 am - Candidate research involves the Bible The candidates are neatly packaged. The issues are complex. And the rhetoric is thick. Short of playing “eenie, meenie, miney,...
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Kirk fortunate to be a senatorOct 03, 2012 4:40 am - I am happy to read of Sen. Mark Kirk’s progress after months of rehabilitation following his stroke. I hope he realizes that most of his countrymen would never have the ...
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Nice job on tax clinicOct 03, 2012 4:40 am - An excellent Property Tax Clinic was recently held by Mark Armstrong, Supervisor of Kane County Assessments. The professional and interesting presentation included the f...
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Where did moderate Republicans go?Oct 03, 2012 4:40 am - I’m a resident of the 52nd State House District, where right-wing Republican David McSweeney is running against Independent Dee Beaubien. No Democratic candidate is runn...
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FDR’s ‘New Deal’ and Mussolini rootsOct 03, 2012 4:39 am - FDR’s ‘New Deal’ and Mussolini roots A Fence Post commentary of Sept. 17, “Republicans trying to have it both ways,” rekindles the Great Depression era when this se...
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More to geese than their messesOct 03, 2012 4:39 am - More to geese than their messes As I walked back to my car after a second attempt to help save an injured goose that was laying in a muddy pond, I thought about whe...
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Feed your kids; make them sleepOct 02, 2012 4:40 am - An eighth-grader stays up until 2 a.m. every night playing video games. Mom works third shift; she’s not home to send him to bed at a decent hour. He gets up 20 minutes ...
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No easy way to evaluate teachersOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - Evaluating teachers based on student test scores is like evaluating school counselors by the number of students on their caseload who suffer from depression or evaluatin...
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Editorial: A sad lack of leadership in LombardOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - The village of Lombard has been without a leader since Village President William J. “Bill” Mueller died Aug. 18. It seems humility, common sense and decency died with hi...