DuPage County Opinion
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Constitutional rights not a voting matterMay 21, 2012 3:08 pm - Proving that the “new” South is not a whole lot different from the old, North Carolina became the last former Confederate state to approve a constitutional amendment tha...
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Voter ID only a small inconvenienceMay 21, 2012 3:08 pm - What I find “shameful and un-American” James Prescott (Fence Post, May 10) is your assumption that voter fraud is immaterial; that elections are unaffected by fraudulent...
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Praise for students’ anti-bullying stanceMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - Students at Hoffman Estates High School appear to have more savvy than the adults in charge (“Hoffman H.S. questions T-shirts’ intent,” May 12 Daily Herald). Standing up...
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Domestic reserves could solve oil problemsMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - I just found out that something called the “Green River Formation,” which is on mainly unoccupied government land in portions of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, contains oil...
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Check the facts on that tax assertionMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - This letter is in response to the last paragraph of the May 8 letter by George Blinick. Mr. Blinick states that “the mega rich pay a lesser percentage on their income th...
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Motorcyclists need to be seenMay 21, 2012 5:00 am - With the riding season now under way, motorcycles are rapidly returning to streets and highways throughout the state. Moreover, as gas prices climb, motorcycles are incr...
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Pay attention to concussion risksMay 21, 2012 5:00 am - It sometimes takes tremendous tragedy to change ideas embedded in our culture. A prime example of this is the “warrior mentality” instilled in football players from when...
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BPA limits can’t wait for federal actionMay 21, 2012 5:00 am - In response to a request submitted over three years ago, the Food and Drug Administration made a disappointing announcement last month: They will continue to allow unreg...
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Winfield’s secret-spilling trustee: Hero or villain?May 20, 2012 5:00 am - Winfield village board member Tim Allen says fellow Trustee Eric Spande is not the hero of this story. “I think he’s the villain,” Allen said in Saturday’s Daily Herald....
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Who cares about Mitt’s bullying?May 20, 2012 4:40 am - Out of the mainstream media arises accusations about Romney’s alleged bullying circa 1965 at the age of 18. How old was Obama when he admitted to drug use? If we seek on...