Downers Grove Opinion
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Don't forget what GOP is doing now in CongressJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - It is important for all voters to remember what is happening in Congress now, when they enter the voting booth in November. The election is less than four months away, b...
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The obsolescence of marriageJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Susan Estrich's July 15 column is supportive of redefining marriage to include same-sex couples on the basis of fairness and inclusivity. She cites the Today show's deci...
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When 'diminished liberty' occursJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The debate over health care in this country is complicated enough without mucking it up with inappropriate comparisons, as David E. Smith (executive director of the Illi...
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Blue ribbon panel clears its ownJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to laugh when I read Eugene Robinson's article on accepting the global warming theory. Funny how Mr. Robinson cited a "blue ribbon panel" whose findings have clear...
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How to get soccer off the back pagesJul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - What if the score of a championship basketball game were 0-0 halfway through the second overtime? Imagine watching game highlights with nothing but fouls, fancy footwork...
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Blue ribbon panel clears its ownJul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to laugh when I read Eugene Robinson's article on accepting the global warming theory. Funny how Mr. Robinson cited a "blue ribbon panel" whose findings have clear...
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Strike deal is hardly a 'win-win'Jul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Gee, isn't that swell? The strike is over. "I think it was a win-win for all parties," Park Ridge-Niles Elementary District 64 Philip Bender said in the July 15 Daily H...
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When 'diminished liberty' occursJul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - The debate over health care in this country is complicated enough without mucking it up with inappropriate comparisons, as David E. Smith (executive director of the Illi...
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It's time for Judge Popejoy to explainJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - A judge takes on solemn obligations when he ascends to the bench. As the American Bar Association's Moral Code of Judicial Conduct rightly points out, "Public confidence...
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Teaching moments come in many waysJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - For his birthday, I gave my son Charlie the book, "A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us." It's a book about...