Downers Grove Opinion
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More education needed about crosswalk lawSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - The philosopher’s question asks: If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it make a sound? We’re asking a similar question about the state’s new crosswalk ...
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Sept. 11 cartoon hit the nail on the headSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - The Sept. 11 Daily Herald cartoon about either saying “always remember” versus “never forget” between the Democrats and Republicans hits the nail right on the head. One ...
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Spend, borrow, tax. Been there, done thatSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - In the Sept. 10 Fence Post, Walt Zlotow called the tea party a “cult” and said the GOP and U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam had been “captured” by the infamous tea party, whatever...
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Community college a valuable resourceSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - History has told us that as the economy sours, more and more people turn to their neighborhood community college to regroup, retrain and look for new careers. And that h...
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We’re suffering due to abortion choicesSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I just read in the Sept. 12 Daily Herald that enrollment is down at community colleges (thought to be due to the bad economy). Knowing that over 50 million lives have b...
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Weekends in jail didn’t fit the crimeSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - You may have read about a pretty little lady named Tami Brown who embezzled nearly a million dollars from the firm at which I work, Engineering Systems Inc. (People of t...
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Moved by paper’s 9/11 coverageSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I was dreading the rehash of the 9/11 tragedy that propelled our country into a decade of disastrous wars, but the Daily Herald anniversary edition corrected my mood. Yo...
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More cheap shots against tea partySep 13, 2011 5:00 am - The tea party movement is getting a share of cheap shots. One was recently published in your Sept. 6 edition, indicating that parading members of the Naperville Tea Part...
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Who’s looking out for Warrenville citizens?Sep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Three years ago this month property owners along the West Branch of the DuPage River upstream of Fawell Dam experienced horrific flooding. Since then I’ve battled with W...
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9/11, Ryans' tragedies help us keep perspectiveSep 10, 2011 8:00 am - Perspective. The word has been on my mind a lot this week as I've been a part of our coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and other poignan...