DuPage County Opinion
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Don’t confuse abortion, health careDec 16, 2011 4:00 am - Why does Terry Cosgrove, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood of Illinois political action committee (Personal PAC) jump to the defense of Gov. Quinn (Fence Post,...
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The message Roskam really is sendingDec 16, 2011 4:00 am - Our family received another one of Congressman Peter Roskam’s invitations to respond to his leadership. The glossy, full-color brochure was the second we received in a t...
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Distracted driving hardly an ‘epidemic’Dec 15, 2011 5:00 am - Epidemic? Seriously, an epidemic? As in “The epidemic of distracted driving” as stated in your “Tunnel Vision” article of Dec. 4. Epidemic, according to the Random House...
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Our American family is stressed outDec 15, 2011 5:00 am - Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful, spend time with family and friends, and eat from the bounty of God’s good earth. But maybe it should be the day we celebrate the b...
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Money too greatly influences campaignsDec 15, 2011 5:00 am - Lazlo Stephen in his recent letter claimed the drawdown of troops in Iraq is a mistake, and he attributes self-serving motives to President Obama for doing so. The elect...
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Don’t blame Clinton for financial crisisDec 15, 2011 5:00 am - I am responding to Myron Dudek’s letter of Dec. 8, where Dudek implied that it was President Clinton and the Democratic Congress mostly to blame for the current financia...
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Seniors elected those who misspent fundsDec 15, 2011 5:00 am - Liz Mueller claims in her Fence Post letter (Nov. 25) that seniors aren’t to blame for the Social Security and Medicare mess. It is the politicians who spent the money t...
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Festival of Trees a great successDec 15, 2011 12:00 am - On behalf of the clients served by the Ecker Center for Mental Health, I would like to thank everyone who made the 11th annual Festival of Trees event at the Centre of E...
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Cost of settling squabble shockingDec 15, 2011 12:00 am - The good news is that our sheriff has found the funds to cover the extra compensation for his staff. This was done without going to court with the added expense of legal...
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Two-party system not workingDec 14, 2011 4:00 am - It is apparent to most people in this country that the present two-party political system is no longer effective in dealing with the critical issues that we are facing. ...