Downers Grove Opinion
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Kudos to Glen Ellyn 'OWLS' programNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Each year dozens of refugees and their families flood into Glen Ellyn with little knowledge of American customs. Some children have not been given the privilege of an ed...
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Prison marriages are hardly glamorousNov 19, 2010 10:00 pm - The Nov. 16 article, “Who would marry a killer?” left me disappointed in humanity. The fact that there exists an “expert” on women who love killers and why they have suc...
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Herald's humanism contrary to visionNov 19, 2010 10:00 pm - The Herald should abandon H.C. Paddock's vision statement, at least the part about fearing God. The Our View article, “Hard lessons about hateful speech,” purveyed a sec...
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Forest preserve still bears watchingNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - The election is over and, for most positions, the incumbents remain comfortably ensconced. I didn't win the election; I'm sad about that. But I did win in many other wa...
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Endorsement of civil unions flawedNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - You have given your endorsement to “civil unions.” This is a legal arrangement whose purpose is to grant certain privileges to homosexuals who live together. In contrast...
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Election was more of a restraining orderNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - It is truly amazing that liberals like Walt Zlotow (Nov. 6 and 14 letters, so much for the Herald's strict 30 day gap between printing letters policy?) still don't get i...
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Don't need so many nuclear bombsNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - It seems that some Republicans oppose the president's goal of reducing our nuclear weapons, arguing that it would have a negative impact on our national missile defense ...
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Good coverage of state senate racesNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - I want to thank the reporters who wrote the articles about the Illinois senate candidates before the election. They were long enough to give helpful details about what e...
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Need CUB to watch water commissionNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The DuPage Water Commission is at it again; they loaned Downers Grove $4 million, and now they are having trouble getting Downers Grove to pay on the loan or get them to...
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Scores should do District 203 proudNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - In honor of American Education Week, QE203.org wants to recognize Naperville Unit District 203 teachers and administrators, its students and parents, for the high academ...