DuPage County Opinion
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Misunderstanding at Milton town meetingApr 12, 2012 5:43 pm - Apathy wins again. At the April 10 Milton Township annual meeting, less than 300 people made a decision for over 118,600 residents. The questions to be voted on, by voic...
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Many negatives to senior housing planApr 12, 2012 5:28 pm - The revised senior living facility proposed recently to the Wheaton City Council by Focus Development has negative consequences for Wheaton regarding quality of life, ta...
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Pipeline wouldn’t lower gas pricesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to compliment Mr. Silvio Pontarelli on his restraint in not calling the president a liar about the Keystone pipeline (Fence Post, April 6). However, his lac...
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Blame 3 culprits on high gas pricesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - It never ceases to amaze me when you read the newspaper how nobody is responsible for the price of gas. There are three culprits, and they are 1) company CEOs, 2) Washin...
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Restrict guns to inside homesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - The Constitution was written by generally common-sense farmers and businessmen. The time was after the Revolutionary War when America was invaded by British, French and ...
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Government so big, my world so smallApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - Well, I’ve filed my federal and state tax returns. I now file this report on what it’s like to be browbeaten by Uncle Sam, who scowls more fiercely around this time of t...
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Something you don’t hear about BuffettApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - President Obama keeps touting his class warfare by reciting that Warren Buffett’s secretary pays more in taxes than Warren himself due to tax loopholes which, of course,...
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Don’t talk if you can’t be bothered to voteApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - Do they still teach Government or Civics in the local high schools? Do they teach the importance of voting? I have a suggestion for the various governing groups in Naper...
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News media biases go both waysApr 11, 2012 5:00 am - I would agree with Mr. Jim Slusher that there was nothing particularly wrong with the photos of Rep. Joe Walsh (Letter to Readers column, April 5). He went on to explain...
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Finding the truth still the challengeApr 11, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you for your April 5 column by Jim Slusher, “Is this evidence of a political agenda?” The unrelenting distortion of facts that passes for news at some outlets make...