Des Plaines Opinion
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Think about liberty, then about your voteJan 20, 2012 4:00 am - I sincerely implore you to read as much as you can between now and November about the presidential candidates so you are as well-informed as possible because this will b...
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15 yards for kicking Pack when they’re downJan 20, 2012 4:00 am - Your discrimination seems to be showing. Back when the Packers were undefeated, there was next to nothing mentioned in your paper. Maybe a little blurb ... very seldom a...
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Man’s loss of his home is a shameJan 20, 2012 4:00 am - Certainly, there are times in our lives when we take steps backward instead of forward due to personal crises and circumstances that occur that could sway us on the dark...
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Robinson’s columns predictably negativeJan 20, 2012 4:00 am - Eugene Robinson’s editorial on Jan. 10 is titled, “A candidate as fringe as fringe can be.” Personally I’d say that Robinson is “An editorialist as fringe as fringe can ...
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Republicans need a moral recheckJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - I have often said that the Republican candidates and party dogma had no standards. I was wrong. I carefully listen to the actual debates and pronouncements of party spok...
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Reason to fear donation collectorsJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - What worries me about “intersection charities” is that these soliciters think this single old lady is driving along with her purse on the front seat (it’s locked in the ...
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Let’s temper the rosy look at ObamaJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - In response to the opinion piece by Donna Brazile the Daily Herald published Jan. 11 claiming Obama is fixing things, I must retort with my own tally of Obama’s performa...
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Think twice before banning boxesJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Collection boxes for the poor have been around for decades. Man-sized receptacles for old shoes and coats and books mostly, a place to drop off what you no longer need a...
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I have nothing left to cutJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - We were taught to budget — that you can’t spend more than you have. Many of us have lived by that rule, to save and invest for our golden years, only to find that what b...
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Son with Down’s fills us with joyJan 18, 2012 4:00 am - Dear Cal Thomas; I have no idea if you will get this letter, but I wanted to comment. Your description of the life of your brother could have been a description of the l...