Des Plaines Opinion
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Look at the good teens are doingOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - The Oct. 11 Associated Press article, “Police say teens plotted Palos Park murders for months,” disgusted me in so many ways. I hate seeing stories like this where teens...
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Look to Depression history and learnOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - Jim Hader (Fence Post, Sept. 22) may be the only one who knows about a “Greater Depression” of 1920, which lasted only 10 months. On planet Earth, there is nothing that ...
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Let the nonprofits take over? Bad idea.Oct 23, 2011 6:00 am - The Daily Herald has taken the last week to explore the negative impact of delayed state payments to nonprofits who provide services to vulnerable citizens. Isn’t this t...
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Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - No Way, EDA. I have had the privilege of serving the students in District 300 for the past 25 years. As a teacher, coach and administrator, I have observed first hand th...
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Three steps to fix our national deficitOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - The October issue of Money magazine has a long article “what no one is telling you” about Medicare. The writer identifies the problems but offers no solutions. I see a s...
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We need real action from administrationOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Let us all ask former Sen. Russ Feingold to run for president. I know he has already said “no” to that, but the idea of a strong left challenge to the Bush Jr. in the Wh...
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Are gas stations ripping up off?Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Over time I have, when purchasing gasoline, made a series of observations and I wonder if anyone else has noticed the same thing. The next time you buy gas check this ou...
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To not know the tea party is to love itOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - In the Herald’s Oct. 2 coverage of the tea party convention, Rep. Joe Walsh inadvertently explained its true effect upon the country so far by stating, “We have a built-...
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‘Commuter tax’ another weight on poorOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Once again, we see more ways in which our elected officials are trying to take more money from the people with the so-called “commuter tax” idea being discussed, taxing ...
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Blaming public workers has to stopOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - I thought I would take a minute to respond to Ronald Fuchs who recently wrote a letter to eliminate all government worker pensions. On behalf of the police officers who ...