DuPage County Opinion
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Sense of entitlement is too much to bearOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Is there any wonder where this entitlement culture has come from? We have bureaucrats spending 16 dollars for a muffin, we have other taking trips on the taxpayers money...
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Illegal immigrant flow not under controlOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Froma Harrop’s column in the Aug. 25 Daily Herald was a surprising piece for me to read. Her claim that enforcement of illegal immigration laws has reduced significantly...
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Cost of maintaining natural areas worth itOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Thanks for Deborah Donovan’s article and Bob Chwedyk’s photographs in the Sept. 25 Home and Garden section about the 80-acre conservancy area that enhances the Estates o...
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Blame the terrorist, not the religionOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - In reference to a Sept 28 Fence Post letter, “What else is one to think?”, terrorism is violent extremism. The radical extremist is to blame for the act, not religion. ...
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Learn from recent history on taxesOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Yes, some tax sanity was uttered when Mr. Warren Buffett made very clear that he and other wealthy Americans are undertaxed. This supports the notion that when taxes for...
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Religion is not about harsh judgmentsOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - On Sept. 2, Peter Gennuso claimed that religion defines marriage only as a covenant between a man and a woman. Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature ...
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A president’s loyalty to country is No. 1Oct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Do you remember this? On Sept. 12, 1960, while campaigning for president of the U.S., John F. Kennedy gave a speech to a group of Protestant ministers in Houston. At tha...
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Housing bust has a trail of blameOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - I’m sure you’ve all heard this comment: “It’s all George Bush’s fault.” From President Obama as much as anyone. I heard it recently from my son’s sister-in-law and, well...
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Attending speech is about respectOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Dear Rep. Walsh, Please do not pretend to be representing me by having disrespected the president. I am one of your constituents. There is too little respect shown to au...
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Will taxes go up or not?Oct 01, 2011 4:00 am - I listened intently to the address by Mr. Obama. I heard no intention of increasing taxes. Of course I, as a member of the general public, am not privy to all of the ite...