Naperville Opinion
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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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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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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...
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Let’s clean up our own act firstSep 08, 2013 4:14 am - Let’s clean up our own act first I just spoke to Bill Foster’s office in D.C. and there has been no effort to poll his congressional district. This bothers me becau...
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GOP should take lead on immigration reformSep 07, 2013 5:00 am - As bipartisan groups of political, business, law enforcement and spiritual leaders continue to voice their support throughout Illinois for a common sense overhaul of the...
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Editorial: Suburbs take aim in the heroin battleAug 30, 2013 9:02 am - DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen saw the after effects, counted the bodies and made sure the public was aware of the reality. With 31 confirmed heroin overdose de...