Des Plaines Opinion
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Follow lead of Holy Land’s childrenFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - Peace and conflict in the Holy Land affects what happens in the Middle East and here. The current conflict could escalate to a nuclear holocaust. A two-state solution is...
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Report on PPA offered new insightFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - My comment is regarding Burt Constable’s article Jan. 29 on Primary Progressive Aphasia. My mother passed away at age 86 in 2008 due to kidney failure, six months after ...
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Avoid hysteria about religionFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - Someone said to me that the possibility of the U.S. having its first non-Christian president is a sign of the apocalypse. This is the latest of numerous comments I have ...
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A mention of Kirk would’ve been niceFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - It certainly would have been a very thoughtful “leadership” quality if the president had taken a few seconds out of his “I did this” and “I’m going to do that” speech, c...
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Christians shouldn’t vote pro-choiceFeb 09, 2012 5:00 am - Is this an oxymoron? As a Christian, I’ve always wondered how a Christian could vote for any pro-choice political candidate, no matter what else that political candidate...
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Allow all Americans to be productiveFeb 09, 2012 5:00 am - Now that the Christmas and holiday season is over and our New Year’s resolutions are still good, we look toward the future. Over the past 40 to 50 years America has chan...
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Small minority getting big benefitsFeb 09, 2012 5:00 am - The state of Illinois has approximately 12.5 million men, women and children. Taxes that take away the hard-earned money from and for the support of these men, women and...
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A sad-but-real duty of group homesFeb 09, 2012 4:00 am - In a society that, no matter how distinct it keeps its government from its religions, prides itself on pious values of brotherhood, compassion and charity, it is always ...
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No lawsuits on Hartwell’s watchFeb 09, 2012 4:00 am - It’s election time again, with local and national primaries scheduled in Illinois on March 20. The Circuit Court Clerk’s office in Kane County has been stuck in neutral ...
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Why did jobs exist in first place?Feb 08, 2012 5:00 am - A front-page article on Jan. 28 was titled “Elgin cuts 29 jobs.” The article also indicated that this was the third time in five years that positions have been eliminate...