DuPage County Opinion
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Helpful info on recycling, plantingsJun 10, 2012 4:46 am - Thanks for an unusually helpful couple of essays in the HomesSaturday section on June 2. Bev Bennett’s informative advice on recycling household goods instead of adding ...
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Who’s with me on term limits?Jun 10, 2012 4:40 am - No one can argue that the financial deficit faced by this country is totally unacceptable. In a few articles I will try to address why this deficit has happened and what...
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Contributions of nuns vital to churchJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Let me begin by saying I am a cradle Catholic and a practicing one with 12 years of parochial education, so I criticize sadly. The Vatican attack on nuns is nothing more...
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The SoapboxJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Ray and the first morning of summer: Here's how Ray Bradbury wrote about growing up in Waukegan in the intro to “Dandelion Wine.” “It was a quiet morning, the town cover...
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Voting rights not encumbered by IDJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Michael E. Fredian argues in the May 5 Fence Post against voter ID laws, stating that such laws are unnecessary because voter fraud is almost non-existant. He cites figu...
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Bullying law not about the kidsJun 09, 2012 1:00 am - Call me a cynic but I have the queasy feeling in my stomach again. Every time I hear Democrats express a desire to pass a bill on something that can’t be enforced I star...
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Romney must reach out to Paul backersJun 09, 2012 1:00 am - I could fill a page with the reasons I could not vote for Obama, but it has already been said over and over again by others. Not conservatives, but by Constitutionalists...
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Sensible ways to reduce the deficitJun 08, 2012 5:00 am - The House Republicans recently approved a plan to reduce the federal deficit. Simply stated the Republican plan calls for reducing or eliminating spending on social prog...
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Why can’t Congress, Obama get a clue?Jun 08, 2012 5:00 am - If you are in your 50s and 60s you may be wondering what happened to our country. How did we get to a point where everything seems to be turned upside down and backward?...
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Editorial: Monitoring needed with drug program innovationJun 08, 2012 5:00 am - Change is a constant in criminal justice, and rightly so. Law enforcement officials and prosecutors who face funding cuts and pressure to keep crime stats low should be ...