Des Plaines Opinion
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Speeding fines could fill budget holesAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - One-hundred thirteen - yes, 113. That is how many cars my 13-year-old daughter counted passing us on southbound Route 53 between Palatine and Higgins roads (about a seve...
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Damage was done before ObamaAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Wagner, in response to your letter of Aug. 17, I believe you got a couple of your facts from Glenn Beck/Rush Limbaugh, and since they never let the facts stand in th...
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Why does Spanish get preference?Aug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, June 10, I went to the county courthouse in Rolling Meadows to obtain a duplicate copy of a birth certificate. Much to my surprise there were no request form...
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Arrogance alive and well in White HouseAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. So goes the old saying. I'll bet Michelle Obama has to be proud of her country now. Think about it. She went from...
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Let's talk about people who annoyAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Instead of taking up the Fence Post real estate with rants about say, taxes up or down, abortion pro or con, Illinois politicians in court rooms, Washington elected offi...
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In praise of changes to absentee votingAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - As a 17-year-old high school student, I often wonder: Why aren't more young people voting? It isn't difficult to find an online video of some teen performing idiotic stu...
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Extra border guards amount to littleAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama's proposal to spend $600 million to provide 1,000 more guards plus some drones to help secure our Mexican border is a classic example of a politician spe...
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Muslims taking advantage of U.S.Aug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - I have read nearly all the articles both pro and con, rational and hysterical, about the proposed mosque near the World Trade Center site. While I believe there is a con...
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Piniella era ends; another beginsAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - We think of them in eras. The Dusty Baker era. The Don Baylor era. The Jim Riggleman era. They begin with high expectations and higher hopes. They end ... well, with som...
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Iraq departure is long overdueAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - It is unfortunate there is not a way to hand Cal Thomas a rifle and send him to Iraq. His recent column is all about a little armchair general arraying his little lead t...