Des Plaines Opinion
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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...
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Warn our teens about fake marijuanaApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - The Kane County drug abuse forum that will help parents be more proactive about their kids doing drugs interested me because a lot of parents are in denial that their ki...
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Immigrants should speak our languageApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - The American people have to wake up. Things are not like they were in the past. People are invading our country, and they are from different countries. Why do American c...
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No big, shiny bow on health care lawApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was quoted on the front page of the March 29 Daily Herald as asking, “Why is a big gift from the federal government a matter of coercio...
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Mandatory purchase no worse than taxesApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - The discussions about the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) have spent much time on the issue of mandatory purchase of insurance. During the last Bush administration t...