Des Plaines Opinion
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Keep racism out of birth certificate flapJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - In response to John Ostberg’s May 28 Fence Post letter, the president was asked many times about his birth certificate. All he had to do was show it. He brought the cont...
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Rauschenberger shows real leadershipJun 17, 2011 1:00 am - There has been much talk lately about the lack of leadership within the ranks of our elected officials. It also has often been said that integrity is doing the right thi...
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Illinoisans denied right to self-protectionJun 17, 2011 1:00 am - Contrary to the assertions of Coleen Daley of Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence that concealed handguns will not make us safer, they already do. Between 800,000 ...
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Media biased when covering gay issuesJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - In 1981, Robert Lichter and Stanley Rothman released a blockbuster survey of 240 journalists about their political and social views and found that only 24 percent of the...
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We’re too broke for high speed railJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - The state of Illinois, we are told, is broke. There is no money for all the pension funds, which are $84 billion in the hole. Man, that’s a lot of zeros. But wait! The M...
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Quinn must stand for transparencyJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Dear Gov. Quinn, The Illinois General Assembly recently passed HB 1716, which limits citizen access to government information under the state’s new and improved Freedom ...
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Medicare proposal is no moderate planJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - I called Sen. Mark Kirk’s Washington office recently to inquire how he voted on May 25 on a Senate motion to consider Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget and was informed tha...
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All troops deserve respect upon returningJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - A couple of friends wished me a Happy Memorial Day. I did have a very good Memorial Day weekend because I was homebound with a minor illness. I watched a great Chicago M...
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Lawmakers fail to see the contradictionJun 16, 2011 12:00 am - Today I am reading opposite the editorial page, and I see one headline “BUDGET: Pension reform has to wait, lawmakers say,” and right below that I see another headline “...
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Balance budget first, then give out aidJun 16, 2011 12:00 am - If the politicians are really interested in balancing the budget, they should immediately stop giving any kind of military or humanitarian aid, which amounts to billions...