Downers Grove Opinion
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Let's not coddle kids with rewardsJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - After reading about the new Metea Valley High School in Aurora and their plans of implementing a new program that teaches students good behavior and rewarding them for i...
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Cop arrest of black man: Too much adoJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - It seems that much ado about nothing is being made by the media about the incident in Cambridge, Mass. where policeman James Crowley arrested a belligerent Henry Gates o...
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Let's rename parade for DuPage GOPJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to the letter from Dave Dierson concerning the GOP and the Wheaton parade, I argue that the Republicans have taken over the parade, and made it bloated and b...
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It's OK to turn right on red, peopleJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - This is to the people who travel on Rohlwing Road north to east on Biesterfield Road in Elk Grove Village. Is there a sign that says, "No turn on right?" By not turning...
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Fix other systems before health careJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Before going after a health care system that works adequately for so many, maybe Congress should first reform all of the other systems that they created and that are now...
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Details on ex-chief's job make senseJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A recent media report raised questions regarding the employment of former Carol Stream Police Chief Rick Willing by Redflex, the red light camera company contracted by t...
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Why show graphic posters to children?Jul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - The route my 11-year-old and I took through Naperville on a recent Saturday unknowingly took us through extremely graphic images of post-abortion fetuses. I later heard ...
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Canadians wouldn't trade health careJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - I have been, as have many Americans, watching the government debate possible reform of our national health care system. I believe that our health care system is broken. ...
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Roskam must read health care planJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam sent me an e-mail asking for my opinion on the debate on the Obama administration's health care proposal. Reading further, it was not my opinion R...
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Want my country back, ComradeJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - "Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama!" cheered Venezuela's Communist Dictator Hugo Chavez on live televisio...