Downers Grove Opinion
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Blame for PARCC scores on test-makersOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - In the guest column by Ralph Martire "Many reasons for Illinois' weak PARCC results," partial blame is placed upon the constructors of the test. In fact most of the blam...
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40 years later, a reminder cops can be coolSep 25, 2015 11:00 pm - It was 8 p.m. or so on a weeknight. Nothing going on. So my friends and I decided it would be cool to pull into the parking lot of an elementary school, loiter, and see ...
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Teachings of Islam support ConstitutionSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - As a Muslim born and raised in America, I take serious issue with Ben Carson stating that Islam is antithetical to the Constitution. It is a pity that a highly educate...
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Editorial: The next step in local control of salariesSep 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Editor's Note: An earlier version of this editorial identified a $400,000 bonus that was to be paid to outgoing University of Illinois Chancellor Phyllis Wise but f...
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Cost and value at the two-year collegeSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Last week, the White House announced the rollout of the College Scorecard, which is intended to provide potential students with data on college cost, graduation, debt an...
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Brain surgeon better than current optionSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Serial editorial page contributor Mary Warren of Wheaton needs to be challenged on her most recent contribution to the Daily Herald editorial page. She states that the R...
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Choice between job and conscienceSep 20, 2015 12:00 am - Memo to Kim Davis: Sometimes you just can't have your cake and eat it too. You have to make a choice between your job ($) and your conscience. Joan Nortell Naperville ...
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No excuse for using her home computerSep 14, 2015 1:00 am - This was a WWII saying warning about keeping secrets that could affect our war effort. If Hillary had been Secretary of War then we might all be speaking German. There i...
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Mind-boggling I-88 traffic solution nears finish lineSep 12, 2015 12:00 pm - It was innovative, maybe even mind-boggling. But when the "diverging diamond" reconfiguration of the I-88 and Route 59 interchange was proposed more than five years ago,...
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Conservative case for carbon taxSep 10, 2015 12:00 am - In response to Mr. Szymanski's Aug. 29 contention of "pie in the sky," I hope that he and others will carefully consider the conservative arguments in favor of a price o...