Des Plaines Opinion
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Right to carry is fundamental oneFeb 03, 2011 12:00 am - The murder rate has been steadily declining since 1993, and the number of guns in American households has increased by several million every year, peaking at more than 1...
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Consider an immigrant’s potentialFeb 03, 2011 12:00 am - I always have been proud of being both an immigrant and an American citizen. However, the pending legislation in Arizona and the sentiment toward legal and undocumented ...
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Elgin’s ‘green’ loan program flawlessFeb 03, 2011 12:00 am - Daily Herald Editorial Board Newspapers are often criticized for being too skeptical, of being critical of everything. Consider the old City News Bureau maxim: “If your ...
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Punish bad guys, not all gun ownersFeb 03, 2011 12:00 am - After reading the letter, “More guns doesn’t mean fewer crimes,” I have to wonder how people think. Some statistics from the Violence Policy Center are quoted. Gun owner...
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Time to recall state lawmakersFeb 03, 2011 12:00 am - This is an open letter/comment to Bill Brown’s Fence Post of Sunday, Jan. 23. I am behind a recall of all elected lawmakers who voted for the Illinois tax increase. The ...
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Maybe state should just go bankruptFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - We now hear in the national business media that “Illinois strikes fear in bond buyers.” Here we are facing an increase in personal and corporate income taxes, and we hom...
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Don’t blame Palin for Tucson tragedyFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Apparently the liberals, after ranting “Blame Bush” for several years, have found out it is falling on deaf ears. They have focused their venom on a new victim, Sarah Pa...
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State offers help for difficult to insureFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - In response to a letter from Jay Dahl of Rolling Meadows: Joe Walsh is not showing hypocrisy in declining the “Cadillac” health plan and purchasing a private health care...
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Founding Fathers weren’t mostly deistsFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - One or two recent letters about the Constitution and Christianity contain a few falsehoods. One stated many of the Founding Fathers were “Unitarians and deists and not C...
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World would be lost without booksFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Your recent front-page story (“E-books vs. suburban bookstores,” Jan. 15) was a sad observation of how today’s society embraces every technological breakthrough — ...