Des Plaines Opinion
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Organ donors are lifesaversApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - April is National Donate Life Month for promoting organ and tissue donation. Over 113,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. Approximately ...
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Why the Catholic Church has it rightApr 17, 2012 5:00 am - Robert Harrison’s letter of March 24 is filled with distortions and half truths. First, individual conscience is not the ultimate arbiter of truth. Rejection of the Cath...
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Some questions to ask about ObamaApr 17, 2012 5:00 am - Can we stop referring to Obama as the “former constitutional law professor”? Hillary Clinton addressed this issue in the 2008 Democratic primary and made it clear that t...
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Illinois too friendly to illegal immigrantsApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - I see that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is among the 11 state attorneys general who joined the U.S. Justice Department in opposing Arizona’s SB 1070 law cracki...
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Don’t ignore cancer link to birth controlApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - There is an important, missing component in the debate regarding the Health and Human Services’ mandate requiring taxpayers/consumers to pay for contraceptives, abortifa...
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Gambling’s cost to families is ignoredApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - Absolutely despicable! The fact that the new Rivers Casino in Des Plaines was caught promoting its vice to struggling gambling addicts is outrageous. How else can we des...
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Bush unfairly got blame for gas pricesApr 15, 2012 5:00 am - By now every schoolchild in America knows the president has little or no influence on gas prices at the pump, thanks to the current president’s spin doctors and his syco...
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Police need support of our leadersApr 15, 2012 5:00 am - A few weekends ago in Chicago, 10 people were murdered, including a 6-year-old girl playing on her front stoop, and 41 others were shot and injured. The governor was in ...
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Romney a stooge for corporationsApr 15, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney has pledged to repeal health care reform on day one if elected ... a huge blow to all Americans. Here are the guarantees under Obama’s Affordable Care Act: Ÿ...
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Health care law is no giftApr 15, 2012 5:00 am - You wonder if Justice Elena Kagan still believes in Santa Claus? Perhaps she thinks little, hardworking elves will provide us with free contraceptives and that if we all...