Des Plaines Opinion
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Editorial: It's no surprise regional supts. fight cuts, but cuts still vitalMar 26, 2011 12:00 am - Let us begin this editorial by asking for a show of hands of all those in the readership audience who know what the area regional school superintendents office does. And...
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Bullying on T-shirts must be stoppedMar 26, 2011 12:00 am - Neuqua Valley High School’s administration should hold a “Day of Silence” in support of all victims of bullying. Bullied children have been taking their own lives for ye...
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Pi Day event taught wrong thingsMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - I was shocked and disgusted to read that the administrators, teachers and parents of Einstein Academy in Elgin allowed their third-grade students to throw pasta marinara...
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Dignity of Japanese an example for usMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - Simply put, the Japanese culture, unlike most of the so-called civilized world, takes great pride in respect and in dignity. It is ingrained in their children from day o...
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‘Bush Doctrine’ hurt the Arab peopleMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - Charles Krauthammer’s column on March 7 is at best a righty’s wishful view of current events. At worst it is dangerously ignorant of the consequences of recent history. ...
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Irish deserve more respectMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - It was very sad to see that the TV coverage of the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago was shown at 11 p.m., after reducing the playing time to 1 hour. In years past it ...
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Pension spiking is behind the messMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - Mr. Niemaszyk contends the state and taxpayers are shortfunding the TRS pension fund (March 17 Fence Post, “State must keep promise to teachers”), and this is the reason...
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Politicians keeping cost of living highMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - Politicians keeping cost of living too high Can you please stop putting extra weight on all of our shoulders? Are you kidding me — a dollar per pack tax on cigarett...
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Health care law is aptly namedMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - Health care law is aptly named After being the law of our land for almost one year, it is high time more of us learn the right name for what many still call “Obamac...
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Pare down spending in governmentMar 23, 2011 12:00 am - In a Saturday Soapbox editorial you stated it was depressing that Illinois is no longer the nation’s “mean center of population.” It just might be that more and more peo...