Downers Grove Opinion
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Running to celebrate lives taken too soonOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Each weekend thousands of people take to the streets of our communities, walking and running to raise money for charities. Every one of them has found a cause to bel...
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Unbalanced story on Obama Nobel Prize?Oct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Nice article in the Oct. 10 paper about the Nobel Prize and Obama. Too bad you didn't interview people who voted for him. There were a couple of comments from some who ...
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Maybe peace should begin at homeOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The President Obama critics and haters are out in force and loudly asking, "What has he done?" The Nobel Prize for Peace is often given to those who advocate for peace ...
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President doesn't know what he wantsOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - We all know by now that Barack Obama studied constitutional law, and by some reports even taught it. What we also know, based on his Sept. 6, 2001 interview on WBEZ publ...
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When tragedy strikes, please help the messengerOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - A wise journalist I know suggests three simple rules for how public officials should deal with the media. He uses the acronym HAT: be honest, be accessible, be timely. ...
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Let's put the race issue behind usOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Regardless of one's opinion on whether Rush Limbaugh should have the right to own an NFL team, and with all due respect to Jesse Jackson: Mr. Jackson may want to ponder ...
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Joining the ranks of the undeservingOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Why was the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama? Alfred Nobel intended that his Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the...
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Death penalty fitting for Degorski?Oct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Kristen Smith, Jim Degorski's ex girlfriend told jurors that her yearlong relationship with him ended in a terrifying beating by Degorski after their breakup. Smith told...
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Look at reality before backing health planOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - I am an RN and would like to see everyone have access to health care but I do not believe we are ready as a country for universal health care no matter what the paying s...
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This is about truth, not fear and hatredOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - I listen frequently to Limbaugh and Beck (and most of the other Fox shows) and have yet to hear anything that should "stir up fear and hatred." Concern, yes, with what i...