DuPage County Opinion
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Blame Congress, not presidentsDec 08, 2011 4:00 am - Thank you, Howard Miller, for “Bush’s tax breaks caused this rift” (Fence Post, Dec. 3) and to the Daily Herald staff. I wonder if the Miller letter was purposely placed...
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Study all variables to determine length of school dayDec 08, 2011 4:00 am - Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing to add 90 minutes of classroom time per day in Chicago Public Schools to boost student performance. CPS lags behind most big-city school di...
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Blagojevich, Santo and other inscrutable questionsDec 08, 2011 4:00 am - An array of short subjects today: Ÿ First, one of the sorriest, if not saddest comments I've heard related to the Blagojevich sentencing, from executive editor Madeleine...
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Whatever happened to due process?Dec 08, 2011 4:00 am - In the Daily Herald Fence Post Nov. 30 there was a letter by Therese Battaglia that was somewhat condescending, and I’m being polite, toward Obama. I don’t know how many...
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Wall Street protests are off the markDec 07, 2011 8:00 am - The Wall Street protesters are really after the wrong target. It is either from memory lapse or false information by the protest organizers. Let’s go back to the Clinto...
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Today’s lesson: Dan Quayle was rightDec 07, 2011 8:00 am - Thank you for your Nov. 30 editorial, “Facing the child support dilemma,” which recounts the difficulty of collecting child support in this depressed economy. People, us...
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’Tis the season of hypocrisy, tooDec 07, 2011 8:00 am - I believe 100 percent in keeping Christ in Christmas. But I think it’s funny when everyone hammers hard on the importance of not saying “holidays” and “Xmas.” 1. Holiday...
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Potential employers not being fairDec 07, 2011 8:00 am - Why are we not employable? Over the last 18 months to two years all of the employment agencies have told me that I am unemployable. The reason, because I haven’t worked...
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Board wrong to push Bartlett mayor outDec 07, 2011 8:00 am - The residents of Bartlett have lost our beloved Mayor Mike. His resignation has left us with heavy hearts. We are upset and feel he had been bullied by the board of trus...
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ACT shouldn’t dictate teacher payDec 07, 2011 7:00 am - ACT shouldn’t dictate teacher pay The belief that the teachers at Fenton High School do not deserve their high salaries because of their students’ low ACT scores is...