Des Plaines Opinion
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Include the unbornApr 21, 2017 1:00 am - In a recent article in the Daily Herald on Illinois senators joining the filibuster of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Sen. Durbin is quoted as asking nominee ...
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Lesson of history: Lead to stop sufferingApr 16, 2017 1:00 am - Why is history important? I'm a student at Elk Grove High School, and I've often asked myself, "Why learn about the past?" After all, it's past; I'm in the present and p...
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The quagmire of unintended consequencesApr 12, 2017 1:00 am - Once again we may be stumbling into another potential war with adversaries who are no threat to the U.S. In Vietnam, we had the Bay of Tonkin attack which actually never...
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Let's move onApr 09, 2017 1:00 am - When are we going to see reader feedback on something other than politics? Donald Trump has been elected and is our president. Get over it. Daniel M. Filipek Mount Prosp...
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Tax time and the state budget impasseApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - This weekend I'm going to do my taxes. At the same time that I'm filing my state taxes, I will be reminded that the state is in the midst of Budget Impasse No. 2. I have...
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A Des Plaines letter to the editor: All this drivel about a possible Russian influence on our presidential election doesn't make sense to me.Apr 07, 2017 1:00 am - All this drivel about a possible Russian influence on our presidential election doesn't make sense to me. No American, Republican or Democrat, would let a foreign countr...
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This president cannot be presidentialApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - The man we elected to shepherd the country through the next and possibly tumultuous and dangerous four years is way out of his league. If he doesn't know something, he ...
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Let's talk about something importantApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - All this drivel about a possible Russian influence on our presidential election doesn't make sense to me. No American, Republican or Democrat, would let a foreign countr...
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District 214 board a rubber-stamp for superintendentMar 31, 2017 5:00 am - District 214 board just a rubber-stamp I want to thank the Daily Herald for their recent story about the candidates for the District 214 school board which served t...
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Krinsky, Osmanski, Roberts for Dist. 59 boardMar 30, 2017 5:00 am - I am a parent of a District 59 student at Juliette Low School in Arlington Heights, where my daughter is receiving an excellent education. I also work as a reading speci...