Downers Grove Opinion
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Superintendent letter only scratches surfaceJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Daily Herald published a letter from Dr. Rydland, superintendent of Aurora District 129 (Good way to get rid of bad teachers) concerni...
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Don’t confuse parent, government’s roleJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Your view is a bit misguided when it comes to revealing the probable locations of firearms. The criminals are better strategists than you give them credit for. Read sev...
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Get behind state capital plan, fundingJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Hard working men and women throughout Illinois are struggling because of the economy. I work in the construction industry and I have seen firsthand just how badly the in...
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Small wonder we’re disillusioned with polsJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - The comments from Democrats regarding reapportionment maps that said that “the public had their chance to speak up” and that “comments that were made were taken into con...
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Why you had to go elsewhere for Noah’s quoteJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Now that the topic of personal slurs has died down, I’d like to stir up that hornet’s nest again. Actually, the topic is closer to how we handle racial and cultural slur...
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Enough of the liberal social engineeringJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Just what we need — more liberal social engineering. According to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and Historical Statistics of the U.S., between 1962 a...
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Not right to laud principal’s profanityJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - While no one can be more excited about recent occurrences in the world – what with Osama bin Laden being laid to rest by some brave SEALS – why do we think it is necessa...
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Tornado-proof houses when rebuildingJun 01, 2011 1:00 am - After Joplin’s devastating tornado, which savagely ripped apart conventional housing, leaving block after block of nothing but kindling wood, wouldn’t it make sense to r...
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Bureaucrats great at stoking up emotionsJun 01, 2011 1:00 am - Columnist Michael Gerson evaluated the film “Atlas Shrugged” as mediocre. He charged that the characters are ideological puppets without “a hint of sympathetic human emo...
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How tax increase means fewer jobsJun 01, 2011 1:00 am - I am semiretired and live in Wayne. I am 70 years old and my wife I have a home that is on four acres in Kane County. We had our kids ask us about raising a couple of ho...