Des Plaines Opinion
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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 ...
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Sears doing nothing wrongOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - For the past several weeks, I have read a few letters from people associated with District 300 schools agonizing over the potential move out of Illinois that Sears is co...
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Obama’s ideology ignores realityOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - I am sure there are many brilliant things said in Ivy League faculty lounges as highly educated professors theorize on how a perfect world or country should be run. Turn...
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Church-state law in place to protect usOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - The hypocrisy of letter writer Jim Finnegan (Oct. 11) is truly astounding. Mr. Finnegan, no one is taking away your religious freedom; however, you wish to take away min...
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The SoapboxOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Not paying attention? A 14-year-old brings a BB gun into his locker at Glenbard West High School. An 18-year-old shows off a bullet to classmates at Neuqua Valley. In th...