Des Plaines Opinion
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Stop outsourcing our securityApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - I've read with sadness stories about the operations of military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan killing innocent civilians. Their actions are done in our name - and ...
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Open letter to those who bear the burdenApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - It has never been more difficult to be a young person in this country. No, I am not talking about the destructive social pressures that beset them from every side, tempt...
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Student loan reform helps our futureApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - I am happy about the student loan reform. It is very important that students get genuine help and the middle man does not profit out of these loans. One of the greatest ...
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Angry about Spanish adApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I am an American citizen, born and raised in the United States of America. If you think I am going to continue subscribing to this newspaper after I opened it up this mo...
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One vote for Lake Park restructureApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I am a senior at Conant High School who recently read your March 31 article on Lake Park High School restructuring its class schedule during the school day. I feel it is...
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Good people must stand up to fight evilApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The tragedy that befell Phoebe Prince, a freshman at South Hadley High in South Hadley, Mass., who was driven to suicide by the taunting and bullying of other students a...
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Students must adapt as schools changeApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm writing in response to the editorial, "School Cuts and the college bound." This interested me because I've been hearing a lot about budget cuts in the news lately, h...
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Political debate sounds like bullyingApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I applaud your call for a "different political reality: one where Democrats and Republicans respectfully and openly debate important issues with the intent of reaching c...
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Speak up now, before it's too lateApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - They came first for the financial institutions, and I didn't speak up because I didn't work for a financial institution. Then they came for the auto companies, and I did...
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Pope's message is more of the sameApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - In the wake of Pope Benedict's pastoral letter responding to the clerical sexual abuse in Ireland, it is embarrassing to be Catholic these days. Reports on the global sc...