Arlington Heights Opinion
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Gangs, not guns, root of violenceApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Daley and other civic leaders constantly focus on legislative action to ban guns as a solution to the surge in youth violence we are currently experiencing. Howeve...
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Ultimately, public must clean up messApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again we hear about our friend Todd Stroger, Cook County Board president, who just gave his cousin a 12 percent raise. His cousin's battle cry before the election ...
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Learn more about homeless animalsApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you for the series highlighting the burgeoning problem of unwanted pets and the dedicated people who try to save as many as possible. Readers who want to learn mor...
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The real cost of wars in the MideastApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - With the war in Iraq and Afghanistan entering its sixth year and surveys revealing 20 percent of the population do not realize that over 4,000 of our armed forces have l...
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Saturday Soapbox: 75 percent of life ust showing upApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Whoever said that might have had Todd Stroger in mind. At Palatine's request, the Cook County Board president has agreed to come to Harper College on April 30 to defend ...
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We can't practice selective moralityApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - I was so saddened by Ms. Jedlinski's letter On Pope Benedict's call for "prohibition of artificial insemination outside of the body" along with freezing embryos, suppres...
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Yes, unfortunately, wars are inevitableApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - "Is war inevitable?"(March 7) asks Mr. Robert Pendleton. So long as man walks our planet, we will have wars, either national, international or personal. Unfortunately, t...
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Meet the obligation to get informedApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Although I came to this country in 1952, it no longer is the America of 1952. It, like me, has evolved. Government policies have turned into nightmares for many. Opportu...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Our self-interests imperil democracyApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Apathy and self interest are the determinates of the survival of a democracy. At least these are the thoughts of Alexander Tyler, historian and economist, written in 177...