DuPage County Opinion
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Let’s temper the rosy look at ObamaJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - In response to the opinion piece by Donna Brazile the Daily Herald published Jan. 11 claiming Obama is fixing things, I must retort with my own tally of Obama’s performa...
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Think twice before banning boxesJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Collection boxes for the poor have been around for decades. Man-sized receptacles for old shoes and coats and books mostly, a place to drop off what you no longer need a...
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Don’t call these things ‘entitlements’Jan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Social Security and Medicare should be called “earned benefits“ not “entitlement“ programs. Working people pay them from payroll contributions. The word “entitlement” ma...
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Obama runs over ConstitutionJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Last week, President Obama again evidenced his apparent belief that the Constitution no longer matters; or is it that he is somehow above it? It would seem he believes i...
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I have nothing left to cutJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - We were taught to budget — that you can’t spend more than you have. Many of us have lived by that rule, to save and invest for our golden years, only to find that what b...
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What is modest about state pensions?Jan 18, 2012 4:00 am - Mike Fanella wrote a letter calling Illinois’ proposed pension reform plan “brash” and that public employees were being “victimized” and “steamrolled” by media and polit...
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Keep an eye out for motorcyclesJan 18, 2012 4:00 am - I know it’s not expected this time year but motorcyclists will jump at the chance to take advantage of good riding weather anytime of the year. I was one of them recentl...
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Son with Down’s fills us with joyJan 18, 2012 4:00 am - Dear Cal Thomas; I have no idea if you will get this letter, but I wanted to comment. Your description of the life of your brother could have been a description of the l...
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Debate questioners show media’s biasJan 18, 2012 4:00 am - I wonder how many American watching the recent Republican debate questioned why Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos spent a disproportionate amount of time questionin...
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Romney’s words retold out of contextJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - For the past few days we’ve seen endless ads from the Democrats and GOP contenders showing Mitt Romney’s statement, “I like firing people.” None of them showed his next ...