DuPage County Opinion
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Honoring mothers for their sacrificesMay 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Much in the news these days has been the discussion of stay-at-home mothers. Nothing in my 39 years within the struggle for life and family has angered me more than unpr...
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Bogus justification for deer killsMay 11, 2012 11:32 am - Biologist Daniel Ludwig left out some key facts in his bogus justification to slaughter deer as a tool to control chronic wasting disease. Crucial among these well-estab...
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Constitution is up for grabsMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - According to some of the justices on the Supreme Court, the Constitution of the United States is a dead document. The Founding Fathers could not anticipate all the progr...
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Unions not to blame for airline woesMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - George Will’s recent column, “The turbulence in the airline industry,” demonstrates what happens when a journalist gets lazy, and also abandons even the slightest preten...
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Tea partyers lost their oomphMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - What happened to the Tea Party? Members of Congress who campaigned as Tea Partyers promised to go to Washington and reduce the size of government and bring fiscal respon...
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Take care of the homefront firstMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - Fence Post recently had a letter from Mr. Darst that to balance the budget would require cuts in military spending, changes in Social Security and Medicare and some gove...
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A celebration of transforming livesMay 11, 2012 1:00 am - The gratitude I feel is overwhelming. Bridge Communities just concluded its second annual “Celebrating Women ... Transforming Lives” luncheon at Danada House, a celebrat...
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No sympathy for teacher’s pensionMay 11, 2012 1:00 am - I read with considerable amusement the story about the Naperville teacher who is worried about her retirement pension to the point of being nauseous and losing sleep. Sh...
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A heroic act, a lifetime of lessonsMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - Denny Fitch was an unqualified hero, yet the measure of his life ought not be taken merely by the 45 minutes of terror in 1989 during which his efforts helped to save th...
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Comic strip is no laughing matterMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - I resent having simple minded political propaganda on the comic page. “Stone Soup” is neither witty or deep, it is just a mindless insult. I believe your subscribers are...