Des Plaines Opinion
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Health care law is a good startMar 26, 2012 5:00 am - In your article “104 jobs cut,” about Northwest Community Healthcare, only one word was left out. But it’s an important one. That word is excessive. The Affordable Care ...
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Now is the time to end this warMar 25, 2012 5:00 am - As a Marine who survived my first tour with west pack ground forces — republic of Vietnam — I for one refuse to allow our country to be held hostage by some Third World ...
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Make time to make a differenceMar 25, 2012 5:00 am - There was a nice article in the paper on March 13 about the people that received Elgin Image Awards. Jack and Marlene Shales won one for decades of service to Elgin. The...
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What has happened to due process?Mar 25, 2012 5:00 am - Categorical declarative. I am a liberal, progressive. A social Democrat. But there is simply no way I am voting for Obama. Worst president ever. When history looks back ...
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It’s the economy, even in the SouthMar 25, 2012 5:00 am - In response Mr. Peterson’s March 15 letter opining that the South is ready to turn “democratic,” Bill Maher has a greater likelihood of telling a tasteful joke. Headline...
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Lobbyist doesn’t belong on state payrollMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - A recent Fence post letter criticized a congressional candidate for hiring a former lobbyist. That’s nothing compared to our governor. How many people know that Terry Co...
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Tax relief should start at the pumpMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - It is imperative that the gasoline tax be suspended immediately. Cook County collects 6 cents per gallon, the state of Illinois collects 19 cents per gallon, and the fed...
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A second look needed at contraceptionMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - Mr. Nordlund’s statement on God’s command to multiply (Fence Post, March 6) is true in a symbolic sense, but let me remind him Genesis also says God made man in his own ...
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Groundrules broken on COD contract talksMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - Ground rules broken on COD contract talks President Breuder’s war of words in his campaign to deannex the College of DuPage from the village of Glen Ellyn has been ...
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Give equal time to Obama’s verbal gaffesMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - I read Richard Cohen’s March 13 op-ed column attacking Sarah Palin ... again. And again the liberal press attempting to show her “lack of knowledge” because of some verb...