Des Plaines Opinion
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Getting on reminder list is easyJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - Using the website furnished by the Herald on Jan. 8, (www.ilsos.gov/greenmail), it took less than five minutes to get on the email reminder list. The Registration ID an...
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Hubbub over license renewals is unnecessaryJan 17, 2016 12:00 am - Every day when we use our cars, there is a visual reminder on our plates as to when they expire. I can't believe how lazy people are that expect someone to remind them. ...
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Gas prices down but airline fees remainJan 14, 2016 12:00 am - It really amazes me that here we are with gas down to $2 a gallon and the airlines are still charging baggage fees and fuel surcharge fees and people are still flying at...
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Executive orders don't make us feel safeJan 11, 2016 12:00 am - Whether real or imagined, Americans perceive that we are living in dangerous times and must arm ourselves. On Election Day, Nov. 4, 2008, Smith & Wesson stock, a large...
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Winners won't accept 'wait 'til next year'Jan 11, 2016 12:00 am - The "wait until next year" for the Cubs is here. And we don't want to hear, "We'll go out there and have fun," You go out there to win. That's why you get paid; some get...
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Kind stranger helped avoid crisisJan 10, 2016 12:00 am - I'd like to say a huge "thank you" to the kind woman who helped me get my car into the driveway when it got stuck in the slushy snow the other evening. After successful...
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Violation of standards is issue at WheatonJan 05, 2016 12:00 am - As an alumna of Wheaton College, a private liberal arts college, I would like to comment on the suspension of Assistant Professor Hawkins. It is not an issue of what she...
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Clinton ignores some chief ISIS recruiting toolsJan 05, 2016 12:00 am - Women's right's, gay marriage, free speech, a Christian America, and the western way of life, these are some of the biggest recruiting tools Isil uses. While Hillary wou...
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COD chairman shunned duty by resigningJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - COD's executive board in total, but most particularly its cut-and-run chairman, Kathy Hamilton, deserve the opprobrium now being vented against the remaining board membe...
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Use more discretion on climate lettersJan 01, 2016 12:00 am - The Daily Herald has recently published a number of letters spreading misinformation about impacts of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels on Earth's climate (see ...