Des Plaines Opinion
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Government good at disregarding lawsSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Muslims have a right to build a mosque where they choose - it is the freedom of religion. But our government has always found ways of getting around laws it didn't want ...
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Keeping silent only when convenientSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - What's up with the Obama State Department sending Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on a Middle East trip sponsored and paid for by the U.S. government (us)? Where are all the left...
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Tips shouldn't be requestedSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The bartender who wrote on Aug. 27 commented on tipping at "open bars" at a banquet. If the management has arranged with the host for set prices, gratuity is assumed to ...
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Muslim defenders should speak outSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Richard Cohen's recent column indicting The Economist for its endorsement of a contemporary biography of Sayyid Qutb highlights the frightening trend in our country in w...
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Foster has empathy for working classSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The Republican Party has abandoned the middle class and has become the party of corporate interest and the very rich. One needs to look no further than the 14th Congress...
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Do senators get more 'routine' tests?Sep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I find it curious that Sen. Dick Durbin's recent tumor was found because of a "routine" CT scan on his health checkup. My health care plan does not include a routine CT ...
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Dismayed by ECC's positionSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Sam MacKinney, in his letter to the editor, said he was "disappointed to see that Elgin Community College believes the taxpayers want them to help 'undocumented students...
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Give credit where credit is dueSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I went out on a recent Sunday and got all four of the Sunday papers as I wanted to read the opinion sections to see how they dealt with the early withdrawal of all comba...
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Create path to legal statusSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - The naysayers seem to try to divide and conquer when they have no other option. In a letter published Aug, 28, David White spread his version of negativism by calling up...
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Funds for higher ed will bolster economySep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - An important Harper College building project was mentioned in a recent story about a political dispute between state Sen. Mike Noland and his opponent, Steve Rauschenber...