Des Plaines Opinion
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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...
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It is better to be given lifeApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - With all of the heated controversy over contraception, abortion and anti-abortion and its implications in religious faith, why has not the following relevant question ev...
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Give bonuses for what really mattersApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - I thought it was interesting that not a single starter in the NCAA tourney final was from the states of Kentucky or Kansas. I heartily endorse the contention of Bob Knig...
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COD restaurant also a teaching toolApr 14, 2012 1:00 am - In a March 24 letter to the Daily Herald, the College of DuPage was criticized by a faculty member for incorporating a fine dining restaurant, Waterleaf, into our new Cu...
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The SoapboxApr 14, 2012 1:00 am - Big ray of hope: In a huge suburban sign of economic recovery, developers Dwight and Ruth Yackley are launching a $30 million expansion of their upscale Main Street Prom...
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Ignore the phone and vote them outApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Barry North wrote about his annoyance with political robocalls (Fence Post, April 5), and I’m sure most of us agree with him. But he made two additional points. H...
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Regulations are what protect usApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Steve Quick (Fence Post, March 26) tells us in no uncertain terms that come November, the South will rise and smite the Yankee federal regulators who have wrecked...