Letters to the Editor
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Let’s live without so much plasticMay 01, 2026 9:14 am - Reading today about how Environment Illinois is finding plastic pellets in area waterways dovetails with a recent article in Audubon Magazine about researchers finding pl...
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Community theater is great family funMay 01, 2026 9:14 am - Our family, kids and grandkids went to Opera in Focus two weeks ago at the Rolling Meadpws Park District Playhouse on Central Road. Opera in Focus is stick puppets and mu...
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The president’s selective gratitudeApr 30, 2026 11:06 am - President Trump’s expression of gratitude for law enforcement’s response to his safety at the National Press Club Dinner was proper and well deserved. Why was that gratit...
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The source of the fractureApr 30, 2026 11:06 am - Letter writer Charles Danyus asks: “Is today's Hollywood and the mainstream media responsible for much of the fracture in America?” He also asks: “Do you remember when ev...
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New hope for saving our republicApr 29, 2026 4:00 am - The 2024 presidential election revealed that millions of Americans seemed to have paid little heed to the threat that Donald J. Trump posed to America's democracy, specif...
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Alarming views on popeApr 29, 2026 4:00 am - Mr. Vercillo’s letter to the editor on April 27 is both amusing and alarming. Mr. Vercillo questioning the pope is laughable, as is him calling the pope “the patron saint...
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Health bill is inadequateApr 28, 2026 9:21 am - Regarding the April 26 story “There are solutions to health insurance affordability crisis” by Elliot Richardson, President of Small Business Advocacy Council: Mr. Richa...
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Resist efforts to ease emissions standardsApr 28, 2026 9:21 am - As a local elected official representing southeast DuPage County, I strongly oppose any federal effort to roll back regulations governing ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions. ...
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A school plan that’s better than vouchersApr 27, 2026 4:00 am - Regarding the claim: “GOP candidate knows value of school choice.”: Not so much. Illinois 529 Plan information states, “In Illinois, families can withdraw up to $20,000 ...
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Not just talking the talk on IranApr 27, 2026 4:00 am - “We have tried to stop Iran’s quest to acquire weapons of mass destruction, which would make it a threat not only to its neighbors but to the entire region and the worl...