Des Plaines Opinion
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Bears need advice from BlackhawksDec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - As a Bears fan for more than 50 years here's some advice: Look a little to the northeast. Everyone has been laughing at the Lions for a long time. If the Bears stay the ...
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Gym class good for body and mindDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - The physical education requirement in the high schools of Elgin Area School District U-46 is no good. Four years of physical education should be required in order to gra...
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Smaller classes mean better U-46Dec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Overcrowding in U-46 classrooms is becoming a very serious problem. The boundary lines for U-46 should be redrawn to regulate a smaller class size in schools. The studen...
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Bill will hurt more than it will helpDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - As someone who is self-employed and purchases individual health insurance, I was excited about the possibility of real health care reform. Instead I have witnessed a pro...
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Read the constitution and get back to basicsDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Wake up America. This great country was founded on a document created by leaders who had escaped from a tyrannical government and came to a new land to give all men free...
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Rozner deserves more time on radioDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Daily Herald sports columnist Barry Rozner has recently done several substitute spots on The Score radio. I usually listen to Mully and Hanley in the morning and was ple...
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AARP is looking out for its own interestsDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - I am, regretfully, a member of AARP. Did you know that they collect royalties from so-called "gap insurance." That is private insurance that covers what Medicare doesn't...
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Pass public option or put job on the lineDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - In 2006, the people spoke. George Bush referred to it as "a thumping." It certainly spoke to how the American people felt about how things were being handled in Washingt...
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Tiger's cheating is part of bigger issueDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Tiger Woods transgressions are not unique. Check any person who reached a level of supremacy, typically in sports, business or politics and one of four things will virtu...
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Let the people decide on RauschenbergerDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - I am disgusted by the depths to which our democratic process is being supplanted by meddling schemes which deny the people the right to choose their elected officials. T...