Des Plaines Opinion
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Ruth Munson has characterOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I support Ruth Munson because I see in her words, actions and manner a woman of good character with compassion and intelligence and the energy to build. In these trouble...
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Take a lesson from Japanese touristsOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - During our two trips to Hawaii, my wife and I have toured and/or stayed on all the inhabited islands. In hotels, restaurants and retail establishments, and on beaches, l...
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End tax incentives for outsourced jobsOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - On Sept. 28, Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill to end tax deductions for companies that close their U.S. plants and move overseas. Democrats failed to find 60...
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What else are these Republicans hiding?Oct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I have not written to your column for several years, but now feel I must again do so. Two Republican candidates running for offices in November election must really thin...
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Step up for peace, '60s generationOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I am amazed at the two Oct. 7 op-ed pieces. First we have Richard Cohen ruminating on the shooting of four student protesters at Kent State University by National Guards...
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State House, Dist. 59: SugrueOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - In the 59th House District, Democrat Carol Sente of Vernon Hills is facing off against Republican Dan Sugrue of Green Oaks. Sente was hand-picked to fill a vacancy by De...
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Cite the research on same-sex marriageOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Jim Finnegan's opposition to same-sex marriage and adoption is based on lies and prejudice that collapse like a house of cards in the first breeze that comes along. Fin...
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Let's keep Chicago politics in ChicagoOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago politics have effectively degraded Illinois and the national economic scenes. Let's see, the Obama Health Care bill (2,900 pages) and the Illinois state budget (...
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State House Dist. 65: MulliganOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - In Illinois' 65th House District, voters will choose between 18-year Republican incumbent Rosemary Mulligan and newcomer Democrat Wendy Gruen, both from Des Plaines. Ec...
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Don't forget what GOP got us intoOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Have the voters forgotten the two wars and the banking crisis that the Republicans put the country in? The Democratic Congress has been in office since 2006, and Preside...