Downers Grove Opinion
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‘Aloha’ doesn’t mean only ‘goodbye’Jan 31, 2012 4:00 am - The editors may have thought they were very clever with the title “Say Aloha to President Obama” on the letter from William G. Parrot (Jan. 25) complaining about the Oba...
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Fertilized egg is a human beingJan 31, 2012 4:00 am - Michael G. Albrow’s Jan. 22 letter, headlined, “Fertilized egg being called a child?” stated, “How can a fertilized human egg be called a child? The actual difference be...
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Backs Brownfield in state Senate primaryJan 30, 2012 4:00 am - I am not a political person. I believe that most politicians forget why they were elected. They spend far too much time fighting each other and playing partisan games wh...
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Score one more for government rulesJan 29, 2012 5:22 am - Our government has pulled the wool over our eyes once more. Now the airlines must show one price that is all inclusive. Before they showed their price plus taxes and th...
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Once lights are up, no escape from effectsJan 29, 2012 5:22 am - The excellent photo by Bev Horne, illustrating the Tuesday, Jan. 24 account of discussions at the Glen Ellyn village board meeting, really adds to Christopher Placek’s t...
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Heroin’s hard lesson for all of usJan 29, 2012 5:22 am - Thank you for your series of articles on hidden scourge of heroin and other addictions. As a parent who recently lost a grown child to a heroin overdose, I can attest to...
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DuPage mayors want pension reform — and moreJan 29, 2012 4:00 am - Several months ago, I accepted an invitation to speak before the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference. The group wanted me to address the topic: How does the Daily Hera...
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Ruling good news for U.S. churchesJan 26, 2012 10:00 pm - Since the mainline liberal media can't be trusted to objectively report the news, in passing I thought it important to mention the Supreme Court's landmark 9-0 decision ...
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Blame mayor for Aurora shortcomingsJan 26, 2012 4:00 am - The west side of Aurora has been the home of a vacant decaying property, formerly occupied by Cub Foods, for over six years now. More recently, Aurora could add the Lowe...
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Use coal and water to solve oil crisisJan 26, 2012 4:00 am - We can make substantial amounts of gasoline and other alkenes for industrial use from the very abundant reserves of coal and water especially in the western United State...