Des Plaines Opinion
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Everyone's talking, no one is listeningOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Some observations: 1. White Republicans from the Party of Lincoln seem to make up the vast majority of tea party and health care reform town hall participants. At one h...
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Don't bash Christians for stand on gaysOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm not asking the Daily Herald to stop printing offensive, Christian-bashing letters like the one from Mr. Stephen Beisiegel. But, I am asking the paper to be fair and ...
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Durbin vote proves his partisan positionOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - To The Hon. Sen. Dick Durbin, Regarding your vote to support funding to ACORN and the July 20 report from U.S. House of Representatives, "On ACORN" by Darrell Issa. Hav...
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Why Olympic vote really shocked DaleyOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Regarding the selection of city for the 2016 Olympic Games, I suspect the Chicago Mayor was shocked the voters of the IOC didn't roll over, as Chicago aldermen do. Metro...
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Raises for U-46 leaders a mistakeOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - It always amazes me what so called "educated" people see as a priority. In this case the priority is the selfish reward in the way of a raise, during troubling times, fo...
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We need to know more about ObamaOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Never before in my life have I feared for my county's future the way I do today. Just what do we really know about this man except that he came to Chicago and became a c...
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Get facts straight when talking reformOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - People are commenting on health care who have not done their homework. Misinformation is being spread that is motivated by politics and not what is good for America. Let...
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Abortion is not a health care issueOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. Pasternak recently suggested that abortion is a health care issue. Would he also suggest slavery was an employment issue? I would hope not because both slavery and a...
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Language shows bias in ACORN articleOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I read the Sept. 16th article regarding Dick Durbin and Roland Burris' defenses of their votes not to ban federal funding to ACORN. The article described ACORN as an ant...
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Democrats prove they can do things rightOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Ron Fogel of Buffalo Grove decries President Obama's ability to run a business. We were on the verge of depression, Mr. Vogel. Do you know what that means? We could have...