Downers Grove Opinion
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Roskam owed thanks, not vilificationOct 06, 2013 4:40 am - Roskam owed thanks, not vilification In a Daily Herald letter to the editor published Sept. 18, misleading health care information is an outrage. It was claimed tha...
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Second place on supercomputers not good enoughOct 01, 2013 5:00 am - When the GE Global Research team wanted to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient jet engines, they faced a major problem: They needed to know how changes in the plane’s f...
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Soapboxing on radical-turned-speaker Bill AyersSep 29, 2013 5:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, and shamel...
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Editorial: Truancy, heroin problems are intertwinedSep 27, 2013 5:00 am - If you read Sunday’s paper you may have seen two stories — one about Naperville’s unified attack on heroin use, the other about Kane County’s runaway truancy problem. Wh...
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The SoapboxSep 21, 2013 5:00 am - Boom, there it is! A hearty congratulations to the Schaumburg Boomers, who this week won the Frontier Cup (the Frontier League’s championship trophy) in just their secon...
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Chaplin addressing the real issuesSep 19, 2013 4:40 am - Chaplin addressing the real issues I just read the article regarding Dan Cronin and Liz Chaplin. Shame on you, Mr. Cronin. I am a Lisle resident whose home was floo...
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Editorial: Pooling resources will help boost digital learningSep 18, 2013 5:00 am - We do a fair amount of hand-wringing over the state of educational funding in the state of Illinois. And we have been known at times to criticize the spending of taxpaye...
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‘Rainwater tax’ unfair to DuPageSep 18, 2013 4:40 am - ‘Rainwater tax’ unfair to DuPage Our politics has reached a new low when the elected representatives who have sworn to uphold the Illinois State Constitution and t...
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Look closely at value of Dist. 203 lawsuitSep 16, 2013 5:00 am - As mayor of Warrenville, a city with no debt, I believe in spending taxpayers’ money responsibly. Therefore, I must ask Naperville Unit District 203 taxpayers if the sch...
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Why don’t Saudis, others step up?Sep 14, 2013 4:42 am - Why don’t Saudis, others step up? I do not support the proposed resolution to strategically strike Syrian. In order to send a message to Assad that we will not tole...