Downers Grove Opinion
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Global warming can't be ignoredDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Robert Graham of Naperville (Fence Post, Nov. 8) claims that the evidence given by scientists about people's contributions to global warming is inconclusive. He states t...
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DuPage County Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Gridiron glory Everything fell in place for Naperville North High School's football team to capture the 8A state championship last weekend over Glenbard North. We congra...
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Correct thinking on foreign policyNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Guess who wrote this?: "Free trade means no sanctions against Iran, or Cuba or anyone else for that matter. Entangling alliances with no one means no foreign aid to Pak...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...
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Anna Miller's letter provides hopeNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - I am writing in response to the Nov. 23 Fence Post letter from high school student Anna Miller of Gurnee. Anna is too young to remember but our President, Dwight D. Eis...
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Have courage to control the deficitNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - The deficit is going to ultimately sink our ship. What politician is going to be brave enough to tell us if we don't lower the deficit we are going to plummet? Who is g...
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IHSA needs to live up to its missionNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Gosh, do we ache for simpler times. High school sports is supposed to be one of those treasured passages of life. For so many athletes and their followers, it is just th...
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From bathroom attendant to JFK-era whistleblowerNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The holidays are always a difficult stretch for Abraham Bolden. Not only did his wife die at this time of year, but so did his president and so did a little of bit of hi...