Des Plaines Opinion
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Stop using private armiesFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - A national coalition of groups opposed to Blackwater, now called Xe, have called on Congress to investigate the U.S. Justice Department's handling of the criminal case a...
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Minimum wage cut won't help workersFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - It was with disgust and alarm that I read the letter by Kristen Lopez Eastlick in the Jan. 18 Fence Post suggesting that job growth could be spurred by a cut in the mini...
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Be a good neighbor; shovel your walkFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Recently, while driving south on McLean Boulevard in Elgin, I was forced to brake and swerve into the left lane near the intersection of McLean and Larkin. The reason? A...
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Improve care and spend less moneyFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Last year's deep cuts in state funding for mental health services, coupled with similar cuts the previous year have devastated Illinois' already weak mental health syste...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Cut it out: Some readers may have responded to Friday's story about allegations of hazing by wrestlers at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake with a shrug o...
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Ford teaches lesson others must followFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Ford Profits. Unlike General Motors and Chrysler, who received billions in stimulus dollars and were taken over and restructured by the Federal Government, Ford Motor Co...
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Good timing on health storiesFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - I want to thank the folks at The Daily Herald for two different articles. Several months ago, I read an article in the weekend magazine that listed symptoms of ovarian c...
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Obama is the one who needs to changeFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Over the last year, Americans have witnessed the radical changes that Obama and his activist crew of comrades planned. Most of these don't follow his campaign promises t...
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Work with Obama to get things doneFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - I am writing to implore our elected representatives to take a long look at what they are doing to our political system. Having watched the State of the Union and the Rep...
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Illinois needs open primariesFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - This last election was a joke with less than 25 percent of eligible voters taking the time to vote. The voters are turned off and who can blame them! Here in Illinois we...