Des Plaines Opinion
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Sad to see Billy Goat leaving RandhurstDec 22, 2014 4:01 am - Three years ago one of the first restaurants in the newly redesigned Randhurst opened across from the AMC Theaters. The famous Billy Goat Tavern & Grill had moved into o...
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Just put the Bears on the blockDec 21, 2014 4:01 am - Note to the McCaskey's: The Chicago Bear fans have been abused and punished enough under your ownership. Please sell the Bears. Mr. Halas must be rolling over in his gra...
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Congress passing bills not knowing detailsDec 18, 2014 4:01 am - Our legislators passed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) without reading it. Nancy Pelosi said it best, in essence: "We have to pass this law so we can see what is in ...
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Leaders have failed to protect American jobsDec 16, 2014 4:01 am - In the 1960s there were protests seemingly every day over the quest for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. Sometimes those protest were met with counterprotests o...
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Editorial: Guadalupe basilica would be a boon for the suburbsDec 16, 2014 4:01 am - Every year in December, a touching pilgrimage happens in the suburbs. Last week, 140,000 Catholics, mostly Mexican-Americans, came by car and by foot to the Our Lady of ...
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Sign the bill letting instructors teachDec 15, 2014 4:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has recently granted 126 clemency petitions. He needs to sign SB 2887, recently passed by both Illinois houses and currently on his desk. SB 2887 will gra...
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Don't expect perfect resolutions in police workDec 14, 2014 4:01 am - One can surmise that all police officers are not perfect, but one can also surmise that society is not perfect either. In fact, some segments of society are completely d...
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Obama's immigrant plan will increase our debtDec 10, 2014 4:01 am - The more I hear about the president's plans on immigration, the more I think this is so crazy and nuts! This president is truly out to change this country, and not for t...
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Act of kindness brightened ThanksgivingDec 10, 2014 4:01 am - With a wife in a nursing home I found myself with no place to go on Thanksgiving evening after visiting her. I was looking for people and a place to have dinner, but alm...
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Have we forgotten Pearl Harbor?Dec 10, 2014 4:01 am - On Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, I listened to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speak the words "a day which will live in infamy." Following that, "remember Pearl Harbor" bec...