Des Plaines Opinion
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The SoapboxJan 19, 2013 4:00 am - Requiring responsibility: A proposed Cook County Board ordinance would fine people who fail to report if their firearms are lost, stolen or sold. Too often, guns bought...
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Our troops are in too many countriesJan 19, 2013 4:00 am - During one of the NFL playoff football games recently I saw a nice tribute to our men and women in the armed forces stationed in 175 countries around the world. I did no...
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Democrats taking blacks for grantedJan 19, 2013 4:00 am - Democrats taking blacks for granted Columnist Ruben Navarrette hit the nail on the head with his editorial on Democrats’ hypocrisy toward blacks. I generally do not...
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Comparing Obama to Lincoln is ludicrousJan 17, 2013 4:00 am - Barack Obama has been compared to Abraham Lincoln. Really? Lincoln’s address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society in 1859 should put that notion to rest: “The pru...
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Changes in family have harmed societyJan 17, 2013 4:00 am - Knowing that comments or thoughts for publication should not exceed 300 words I will make my thoughts or concerns as brief as possible. All the negative and criminal thi...
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Medicaid drug limits hurt us allJan 14, 2013 4:00 am - Thousands of people across Illinois are already facing the harsh reality of the state’s new drug limits for Medicaid recipients. This past summer, Gov. Pat Quinn signed ...
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Act of kindness is much appreciatedJan 14, 2013 3:30 am - While shopping at Aldi’s in Arlington Heights I used my new debit card — didn’t work. I told the clerk, I’ll go out to the car and get cash. The cashier handed me a paid...
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What will street look like without shade?Jan 14, 2013 3:30 am - The village has been very busy going through our entire subdivision spray-painting orange dots on — at last count — 40 very mature trees, that MIGHT be infested with EAB...
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Armed guards at schools no solutionJan 13, 2013 4:00 am - I favor the right to own certain kinds of guns but was amazed at National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre’s suggestion that having armed guards at every school may ...
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Tragedy can bring country togetherJan 13, 2013 4:00 am - Living in this beautiful country grants us freedom. But unfortunately, the land of the free isn’t free of horrific tragedies. The senseless and brutal killings of innoce...