Downers Grove Opinion
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Military suicides on the increaseMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - It may have come to your attention through word-of-mouth, news media or otherwise, that the militaries' suicide rate is on the rise. This is not a new problem; the milit...
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No need for Burris to resign in disgraceMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - As all of us know, the Republicans want Burris to resign so that they can have another shot at winning a senate seat. The real fault in this debacle is the fact that the...
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Public employee pay freeze neededMar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Negotiators for teachers and the school board in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 reached a tentative agreement Friday on a one-year contract that would give teachers 2-...
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Spare us your indignation, liberalsMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Please, Paul Owen and Thomas Madigan, recent Fence Post contributors, spare us your biased, selective indignation over opinion writer Robert Graham, Rush Limbaugh and mi...
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Saturday SoapboxMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Time for a talk A 2008 Lake County Health Department survey of 20,000 middle school and high school students shows fewer used alcohol, marijuana, inhalants and cigarette...
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Support DuPage Children's MuseumMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing this letter in support of the DuPage Children's Museum. I have been an educator for 40 years. I have been connected to the museum as both a school district ...
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Support the DuPage Children's MuseumMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing this letter in support of the DuPage Children's Museum. I have been an educator for 40 years. I have been connected to the museum as both a school district ...
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Why would they call it "God particle?"Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - I find it a bit odd that the research physicists refer to the Higgs boson as the "God particle." I would have thought they would have called it the "Darwin Particle" or ...
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Nothing else to write about?Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 8:10 a.m. I open up my daily herald, (notice the lowercase letters) and find "A haunting anniversary" article front page, top headline ... give...
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Baseless attack on COD candidateMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Only a few people in the makeshift courthouse that normally serves as College of DuPage's boardroom were witnesses to the sordid depths people will plumb to preserve pow...