Des Plaines Opinion
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Adaptability saving a timeless resourceJan 13, 2012 4:00 am - The demise of the public library has repeatedly been forecast practically since the advent of DSL access to the Internet. With the world going ever more digital, the thi...
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Americans putting money over moralsJan 13, 2012 4:00 am - What is wrong with us, the everyday American citizens? We keep re-electing the same useless politicians who are only interested in keeping their cushy jobs in local, sta...
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Baby’s father avoids consequencesJan 13, 2012 4:00 am - Tragedies in our society, such as narrated by Arlene Sawicki in her letter of Dec. 31, reveal negligence by parents, school and church personnel for not seeking out and ...
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Front page is freed from inferior BearsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Hallelujah! The final Bears front page. Now you will have to put news on the front page on Mondays (or maybe the Bulls). I just cannot understand the Herald’s love affai...
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Detention camps trample our rightsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I’m writing to address a subject that too many people in this country don’t know about. The issue is the presence of over 800 empty detention camps built across America ...
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Help me make sense of tollway planJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - You gotta love Lafleur. The Illinois Toll Authority’s director, Kristi Lafleur, was asked about the authority’s 2012 agenda by the Daily Herald’s Marni Pyke. Lafleur had...
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A riff on Walsh’s Christmas greetingJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I just read Kerry Lester’s article about Joe Walsh petitioning Congress to allow legislators to send Christmas or Hanukkah wishes to constituents using tax dollars. Wow,...
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Don’t focus on money in politicsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I am writing in response to the first of what will certainly be many articles about how much money candidates for local elected office have raised during the last quarte...
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Look for the good in health care lawJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Do you know what AHCA stands for? Hint: It’s a bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama. It is the acronym for the Affordable Health Care Act, also...
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Dogs are mean only if they’re provokedJan 10, 2012 11:00 pm - This is in response to Donald Kuntz’s letter titled “Dogs are not every man’s best friend.” Animals, in general, can detect something that no human can, and that is your...