Des Plaines Opinion
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Festival cutbacks aren't wisest choiceMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Just a few days ago in this space, we urged suburban residents to resist the temptation to let fear of this wretched economy get the best of us. Rather than hunkering d...
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Shame might stop offensive postsMar 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Several months ago, the Daily Herald wrote an opinion piece asking posters to their Web site responding to articles and letters to be more civil, as the number of Terms ...
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Please tell Cheney we've heard enoughMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Here we are, just weeks into the new administration and Dick Cheney is already injecting his sadistic ideas into the public debate. After Dick Cheney, George Bush and th...
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Media is biased toward IsraelMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Israel's recent warmongering in Gaza has been a public relations disaster for Israel and the U.S. everywhere in the world except here in our own press corps. Yet many Am...
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A few changes would help reform IllinoisMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Following are a couple of changes that I recommend. I believe they would greatly reform government in Illinois. They would make our government more small-d democratic an...
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Secret ballot is vital when voting on unionMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Mount Prospect Chamber, we chose to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), legislation that would curtail the r...
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Dist. 57 challengers should get your voteMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - The only incumbent running for re-election to District 57's Board of Education, Joann Harms, has not proven herself an effective advocate for children. A good board memb...
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Dist. 62 foundation has successful eventMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - On Feb. 20, the School District 62 Foundation Board hosted a Benefit Dinner at Grazie! Ristorante in Des Plaines. On behalf of the children in the District 62 schools, t...
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Comment sounds like social engineeringFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently suggested that contraception play a key role in the next stimulus package. In her words this will "reduce costs" to the states...
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Discuss abortion without religionFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - There is way too much religious acrimony these days surrounding the subject of abortion. It would seem that it should be able to be decided with only science, reason and...