Des Plaines Opinion
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Holidays: A test to see if your glass is half fullNov 27, 2011 4:00 am - The holidays, if you ask me, are when one is really tested by the timeworn question: Is your glass half full or half empty? The day before Thanksgiving, I’ll admit, I wa...
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Don’t blame Obama for class warfareNov 26, 2011 4:00 am - Republicans complain about “class warfare” as President Obama attempts to compromise and encourages “shared sacrifice” while trying to fix the Wall Street recession, red...
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Reward the teachers who perform the bestNov 26, 2011 4:00 am - Once again the Daily Herald stories and data of Nov. 13 do more than tell a story. Well done. Ironically, the best part is what wasn’t said. The data clearly show that s...
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‘Safe Haven’ law ignores fathers’ rightsNov 26, 2011 4:00 am - A day doesn’t go by that you won’t find a story about a baby that has been abandoned by his or her mother. Oftentimes, those children come from broken families or unmarr...
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Editorial: A salute to ESO and suburban arts that inspire and lift spiritsNov 25, 2011 3:00 am - The suburbs are not as homogeneous as city dwellers would have you believe. You’ll find many have a strong identity of their own that people drive for miles to experienc...
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U.S. will pay price for leaving IraqNov 24, 2011 5:00 am - Charles Krauthammer’s Nov. 6 column, “U.S. didn’t have to leave Iraq powerless,” analyzes President Obama’s decision to lose the Iraq War, then asks, but why? May I make...
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Editorial: Remembering how much there is to give thanks forNov 24, 2011 5:00 am - Imagine a world in which Republicans and Democrats work together for the common good, in which government programs actually serve people in need, in which neighbors help...
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Bartlett mayor treated unfairlyNov 24, 2011 5:00 am - I have never written to a newspaper, never thought I had better insight or judgment. I’ve ranted and raved at my wife and kids and left it at that. Today that changes. T...
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Protect our borders instead of othersNov 24, 2011 5:00 am - Here’s an idea. Why can’t we put our troops protecting our own borders? Maybe 9/11 would have never happened if we had troops at our own borders instead of everywhere el...
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99% is getting under their skinNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - No matter what your political party, the police pepper spraying protesters on the campus of UC-Davis, who are on the ground, unarmed and nonthreatening, has to make you ...