Des Plaines Opinion
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GOP masterfully distorts factsMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Isn’t it an amazing phenomenon how easy it is for Republicans to distort the truth until it matches their preconceived notion of what they’d like it to be? The economic ...
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Promoting debate about slots at trackMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - I remember reading in this paper some time ago that the Arlington Heights village leaders promised vigorous, open discussion and debate about the proposal to put slots a...
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Glen Ellyn should OK deal with CODMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - The leadership of the village of Glen Ellyn wants you to believe that until recently their relationship with the college has always been harmonious and that our recent d...
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Unions’ success is their failureMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Occasionally, something good comes out of a bad experience. For example, our severe economic recession has prompted close examination of aims, policies, and practices in...
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Preserve right to join union ... or notMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - There have been several editorials lately on the topic of unionization of the workforce. I believe these seem to skip a couple of very important points as they try defen...
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A personal brush with the callous red-light camera lawMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - To some people, $100 is a lot of money. I, alas, am one of those people. So when, having videoed my car making what it alleged to be an illegal right turn on red, the Ci...
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Planned Parenthood’s numbers deceptiveMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - After reading Jim Slusher’s thoughtful explanation about why the Herald’s editors allow Fence Post writers to publish their opinions in spite of the reality that some wr...
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Quinn should stop corporate blackmailMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - First Caterpillar threatens to leave our state and Gov. Quinn was right there with cash to make them stay. Then Motorola gets $100 million to stay in the state. Now Sear...
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Fast train to Detroit a waste of fundsMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - The Herald reports that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announces that $404 million has been allocated by the federal government to go “toward increasing (train) spe...
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One language should be our goalMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Shame on you, Daily Herald. What a surprise to find in my “English speaking community” daily paper a photograph with a heading in Spanish. (The May 5 article is on page ...