DuPage County Opinion
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Get facts on what college student saidApr 01, 2012 5:00 am - I have to ask Jeff Gorden, who wrote about how he would never want his daughters to be like Sandra Fluke (Fence Post, March 17), if he actually bothered to watch or read...
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Critics are hiding their true colorsMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - A Massachusetts elementary school principle at Soule Road School recently renamed St. Pat’s Day “O’Green Day,” to ease the discomfort some students might have. Let’s tak...
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‘After-birth abortion’? What will be next?Mar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The “slippery slope” analogy refers to what seems at first like a minor violation of a principle, that once started can’t be controlled until the person or society ends ...
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Don’t impose English on Puerto RicansMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Have Republicans have lost faith in the proposition that free markets provide the ultimate gauge of useful behavior? How else can we interpret the current bandwagon buil...
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Shame on Cook for treatment of vetsMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you to the members of the Illinois Senate who saw through the Cook County Board’s shameless attempt to deny service to the veterans of Cook County. It is difficult...
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We’re ignoring our great privilegeMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - We are one of a few countries with the supreme privilege of voting for the candidate of our choice for government offices. Why then is it necessary to make it so easy fo...
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We can’t ignore attacks on IsraelMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Recently Israel has been attacked. From the Gaza Strip the Palestinians fired more than 200 rockets into Israel’s southern region. People in Israel, sadly, have grown to...
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U.S. mission in Afghanistan changedMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Does anyone remember why we went to war in Afghanistan? Not many in Washington, apparently. The mission was very clear at the time. It was to hunt down and bring to just...
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Food Panty Fridays benefits communityMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - There was something special that went on at Wheaton North High School every Friday in March. It was called Food Pantry Fridays. The entire school pulled together to coll...
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Budgets don’t influence assessorMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The township assessor is charged with valuing property fairly and equitably ... PERIOD. Assessing property is complicated, but in the simplest terms, assessments are lar...