DuPage County Opinion
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Republican Party serves whom?Jul 24, 2011 5:00 am - I am not surprised that our economy is faltering or that the Republicans have brought us to the brink of financial collapse with their refusal to increase the debt ceili...
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Look which party’s hurting middle classJul 24, 2011 5:00 am - The Republicans often accuse the Democrats of conducting class warfare. But I wonder? Which party has proposed cuts that adversely affect only the middle class, the work...
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Why a light charge for Elgin shooter?Jul 24, 2011 5:00 am - I was horrified to read in the Daily Herald July 15 that 57-year-old Donald Rattanavong of Arthur Drive in Elgin had, on July 4, shot an Elgin High School student in the...
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Make politicians work for usJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - It is time to stand up and let the nation know how you feel. How you feel about the foreign spending, the spending of the House and Senate, and the welfare state that th...
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Second by second, deeper in debtJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - July 4, 1776 through July 4, 2011 = 235 years; 235 years x 365 days = 85,775 days + 58 additional leap year days = 85,833 days; 85,833 days x 24 hours = 2,059,992 hours;...
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GOP is unreasonable in deficit solutionJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - I believe President Obama has offered a balanced and fair proposal to reduce the deficit. He takes on his Democratic Party by proposing spending cuts that primarily affe...
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Spending? We have influence problemJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - Someone really needs to tell the Republicans that we don’t have a spending problem, we have an influence problem. Rather than focus on cutting social spending they shoul...
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Blagojevich guilty ... of too much talkingJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - At most, Blagojevich should be doing community service for his obsession with campaign financing. What crimes did he commit? He was accused of fraud. Who did Blagojevic...
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Real home of racism is Democratic PartyJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - According to letter writer Walt Zlotow (July 17), the Republican Party is a racist party, because David Duke has decided to run for president as a Republican, and becaus...
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The SoapboxJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - You’re paying attention: An emergency room doc told us Thursday that people have been heeding warnings about excessive heat this week, and that’s resulted in fewer trips...