DuPage County Opinion
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Concealed carry could lower crimeJul 01, 2012 5:00 am - Concealed carry could lower crime Mike Fanella’s June 13 letter saying a concealed carry law will do more harm was ludicrous. This law would make our state safer! Y...
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Blame those who harbor insurgentsJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - While reading in newspapers about the killing of innocents in Afghanistan when the soldiers were in pursuit of insurgents, I realized there is a correlation between gang...
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Bishops’ stance only subjugates womenJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - The U.S. Catholic bishops’ fight with President Obama has nothing to do with religious freedom and everything to do with politics and the maintenance of patriarchy — the...
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The SoapboxJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Good call: Kudos to Rob Sherman for calling attention to a move by the Buffalo Grove village board to almost double water rates. On the agenda, the item was listed as a ...
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Get to know Bill FosterJun 29, 2012 4:40 am - It’s unfortunate that Stephen DeFillippis in his June 23 letter to the editor has formed an opinion about Bill Foster based on a brief article in the Daily Herald. If he...
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Wars won’t end if we don’t leave NATOJun 28, 2012 5:23 am - Congress ratified our United Nations membership in 1945 by a favorable vote of 89 senators with only two refusing to join. NATO is a subsidiary of the United Nations, a...
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Dems never had lock on CongressJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - I repeatedly hear pundits, politicians and ordinary people mistakenly claim that President Obama had a Congressional majority for two years and failed to pass legislatio...
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Protecting, rather than seeking justiceJun 27, 2012 5:00 am - Protecting, rather than seeking justice Eugene Robinson’s column on “Fast and Furious” ignores the real problem while going off on a political tangent. Does he forg...
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Private sector needs its jobs back firstJun 27, 2012 5:00 am - Recently, when President Obama said the private sector economy “was doing fine,” I was rather stunned. When he tried to clarify his statement, he merely added more confu...
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Go forth and celebrate proudlyJun 27, 2012 5:00 am - Go forth and celebrate proudly The June 25 Investor’s Business Daily made an interesting point. Ever since uttering those famous words about the private sector “doi...