Downers Grove Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: Profanity is bleeping unnecessarySep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Bleeping unnecessary: While we might not like it, we understand we live in a more profane, in-your-face world these days. But do we need the profanity that really doesn'...
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President should hear 'Big Muddy'Sep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - As an irrepressible supporter of President Obama, I hang on his every word trying to glean the secret of his usually unflappable zen-like demeanor. There appears but one...
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Go back to basics in health care debateSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - The health care debate has degenerated into a political nightmare. Too much time is being spent simply trying to win and not addressing the underlying problems. I would ...
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Bible believers won't accept gay cultureSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Each of the several rebuttals to Sue A. Smith's letter which objected to a gay marriage announcement in the paper cited that culture is now accepting of homosexuality, b...
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A mom's concern helps unearth sex offender snafuSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Have you heard about the homeless colony of sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami? Scores of people convicted of sex crimes have been living ther...
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Questions remain in '95 casino dealSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Pat Durante's Aug. 13 letter to the editor attacking DuPage Democratic Chairman Bob Peickert is another diversionary attempt to dump blame and avoid the issue. After res...
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Don't assume GOP is against the poorSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Some seem to assume that all Republicans are against the poor, and are expressing contempt for the party in power by speaking up for specific hopes and ideals which they...
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Gay-bashing letter shouldn't have runSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Just as Sue A. Smith from Bloomingdale stated she was disappointed to see a gay wedding notice in the Aug. 25 Daily Herald, I was even more disappointed to see her comme...
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Just try asking folks to drop MedicareSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Many Americans love government-run "socialized" medicine. If you don't believe me, try asking any senior to opt out of Medicare - a health care program run by the govern...
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AARP not in favor of Obama health plan?Sep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - I'd just like to point out to your readers that Bob Gallo, state director of the AARP, chose his words very carefully in his Aug. 17 Fence Post letter. He said "the AARP...