Downers Grove Opinion
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Requiring ID to vote is a good ideaOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - I think it is time for Daily Herald writer Cynthia Tucker to enter the real world. She recently wrote a column railing against the federal government's plan to requir...
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Blackwater ran deep and dark for years on current fearOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - "Gentlemen, welcome to Baghdad." That was the announcement that came over the jetliner's loudspeaker as we landed in Iraq. The captain rightly used the word "gentlemen" ...
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Young journalists point to hopeful futureOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - In terms of business success, these are rugged days for newspapers. Any cursory look into business digests, stock tables or advertising-revenue trends will tell you that...
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Mother, baby are victims of abortionOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - All human beings begin life in exactly the same manner. Once an egg and sperm unite, a new genetic package, 23 chromosomes from each parent, with its own distinct DNA, i...
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Next year not hereOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Summer refuses to leave, but Wrigley Field's boys of summer are just a memory. No sooner does anthem-singer Wayne Messmer remind the sweltering Wrigley Field hopeful tha...
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Hillary Clinton isn't a DemocratOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Sen. Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, is running for president. God help the Democrats and the Democratic Party. Hillary grew up in an upper middle class neighborhood in a m...
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Override veto of child health planOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - President Bush has vetoed the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan. Congress has voted to boost funding by $35 billion over the ne...
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Soapbox: Just keep this in mindOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - We understand why students were offended by author Sherman Alexie's use of a racial slur, sexual innuendo and language that offended disabled students and their teachers...
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No need to build a new high schoolOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Just released figures from Indian Prairie School District 204 show that for the second year in a row, K-5 enrollment declined by hundreds of students. Where will the stu...
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Project would ruin view on RiverwalkOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - It is troubling that there has been virtually no coverage by the Daily Herald on how the proposed Water Street redevelopment could forever change the face of the Riverwa...