Des Plaines Opinion
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Hang on to the right to defend ourselvesApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Ben Nejdl claimed that the Second Amendment is a relic of our past and is no longer needed because it was designed to grant citizens the right to defend themselves durin...
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The poor are being overtaxedApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Here’s a thought for President Obama. Instead of raising tax on the rich who pay most of the taxes anyway, why not lower the tax on the poor? We pay enough already throu...
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OSL Destroys Goose NestApr 27, 2012 11:00 pm - A mature Canadian goose has been nesting to the left of the main entrance to Our Savior Luthern Church located at 1234 North Arlington Heights Road for the last 2 to 3 w...
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Attended rally to support COD facultyApr 27, 2012 1:00 am - The article in the April 20 Daily Herald made reference to comments made by me at a rally of the faculty on Thursday. The reporter claimed that my comments identified Ki...
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Pay for road builders like health careApr 26, 2012 7:54 pm - With Illinois in the midst of a budget crisis and plans under way to make widespread deep cuts in payments to hospitals, doctors and other health services providers, Gov...
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Voter ID needed more than everApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - A recent writer to the Fencepost, Mr. James Prescott, joined with a few other misguided people in claiming that voter identification is an effort to discourage minoritie...
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Republican Party not what it wasApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - I used to have a lot of respect for both the Democratic and Republican parties. Not so much any more. “Back in the day,” both were able to maintain their moderate-libera...
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Alternative views were neededApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - The April 17 Fence Post letter “Why the Catholic Church has it right” clears up some questions I personally have had for 50 years. I want to thank Mr. Peter Nordlund for...
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Once they vote, what can taxpayers do?Apr 26, 2012 5:00 am - I agree with everything in your April 16 editorial, “Stop the pension penalty insanity.” What I want to know is how we taxpayers can do that? We seem to have no control ...
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A civics lesson to rememberApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - When President Kennedy was killed in 1963, I was in my second year at Northern Illinois University and was getting ready to go to my next scheduled class which was “civi...