Des Plaines Opinion
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Iran holds key to Mideast peaceJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - The new administration has its work cut out for it and I hope they make their first priority to change our diplomatic policy concerning Iran. Iran has many faults but we...
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Is there hope? Or is there fear?Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Did anyone miss the irony of the headlines in a recent Daily Herald? The front page heralded in bold type: Hope over fear. Then the headline on the business page was: Do...
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Why give amnesty to George Ryan?Jan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Senator Dick Durbin and Gov. Blagojevich think former governor George Ryan has paid his debt to the society he betrayed. This despite the fact that it was proved that he...
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Obama sets example on sunshine lawsJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - On the heels of an administration that looked for reasons to refuse Freedom of Information Act requests, President Barack Obama started his first full day in office with...
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Ringling Brothers vs. the liberal clownsJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - The Ringling Brothers Circus and Springfield and to some degree Washington have clowns. The difference is that the circus clowns make us laugh whereas the elected ones m...
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It's better to know about the governorJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - We of the state of Illinois ought to be grateful for the final exposure of the conduct of Governor Blagojevich and associates. Their misconduct is personal and pervasive...
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Palestinians aren't innocent victimsJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - It seems the bleeding hearts, Muslim groups and some of the media are condemning the brutal Israelis for the way the poor innocent Palestinians are being bombed in the p...
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Hoefert: On mend and grateful for helpJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - An open letter to the citizens of Mount Prospect: We truly live in a caring community and nothing tells me that more than the outpouring of concern my family and I have ...
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Touhy Ave. at I-90 like bomb cratersJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to thank the Daily Herald for reporting recently on the severe pothole conditions on Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines under I-90. ("IDOT working on Touhy Avenue ...
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Let's have Cubs play at the United CenterJan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - While watching the New Year's hockey game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings on TV, I wonder how many of the fans attending were actually able to f...