Des Plaines Opinion
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Ways to improve juvenile justiceDec 11, 2010 10:00 pm - When I was inducted in June as president of the Illinois State Bar Association, I made a commitment to work closely with our association members to reform our woefully i...
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Keep your cool around school busesDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - My 3-year-old twins started preschool last week. What should be a wonderful experience has turned into a nightmare because impatient drivers feel the need to honk and go...
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It's been a big news year in suburbsDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The suburbs have witnessed a plethora of native sons and daughters do extraordinary things this year, as the Daily Herald's Kristen Menke outlined Friday. In fact, in t...
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U.S. too quick to go to warDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - I was drafted into the Army in 1963 and served proudly. In those days if you didn't pass the physical you were a sissy. Since then, after three wars, my mind has changed...
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Keep smoking out of casinosDec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Keep smoking out of casinos
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How about good press for guns?Dec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - How about good press for guns?
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Mergers are keeping unemployment highDec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - In the Nov. 16 Business section, the Daily Herald had a front-page story titled “Companies crank up deal machine, put cash to work.” Comments from the article included t...
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Kindhearted neighborsDec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - A few weeks before Halloween, our black cat went missing. Bruiser Bear is 9 years old and vision impaired. We feared the worst but immediately created “lost” fliers and ...
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Letter was hurtful to gays, lesbiansDec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - This is in response to Fence Post letter titled “Consider the public purpose of marriage” by David E. Smith. I found it disheartening that at this charitable and loving ...
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Taxes will rise only if we let themDec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - I'm not surprised there are so many of us who are stunned and confused by our new, higher property tax bills. We all had the opportunity to once again vote in people who...