DuPage County Opinion
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Not less government, better governmentDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - President Reagan had it mostly right: government is not the solution. What’s needed, however, is not less government but better government. Civil rights should not be ab...
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Carry Christmas spirit all year longDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Just read Burt Constable’s column about the passionate feelings inspired by the Nativity scene. Have to admit that I share this feeling. Who cannot help but be moved whe...
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COD deannexation a terrible decisionDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - The College of DuPage board made a terrible decision when it voted to deannex from the village of Glen Ellyn. If these seven board members had more wisdom, experience an...
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Obama is dividing, not unitingDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - I think I felt like many people who did not vote for Barack Obama in 2008. Even though my candidate lost, I viewed his election as historic. I hoped that his personality...
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Larkin Center needs better fundingDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - The mental health cuts in Illinois have deeply affected the Larkin Center. The reduced funding at the center has prevented the children from receiving the proper care th...
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Remove those liable for abuseDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Penn State’s board of trustees finally did the right thing in firing Joe Patero and others responsible for looking the other way. When will the Catholic Church take acti...
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‘Potentiality’ is just a diversionDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Theodore Utchen, in the Dec. 1 Fence Post argued against a previous writer, Dan Rak, who logically equated abortion to murder, by writing, “My position turns on the conc...
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Deer culling is overkillDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Talk about a literal example of government overkill. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources wants to double down on the number of deer their sharpshooters bait and...
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Grateful for act of kindness by strangerDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - When my husband and I arrived at the Arlington Heights train station at 11:30 at night, we had a dead battery. We walked across the street to a gas station’s quick mart....
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Arends doesn’t get respect she deservesDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - Your article was too kind. If you noticed, while T.L. Arends was speaking the trustees had the “who cares” look on their face, which carried over to the time residents w...