Des Plaines Opinion
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Instead of boycotts, try charter schoolsAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, Sen. James Meeks has been making headlines, encouraging inner city children to boycott their first day of school to try signing up at New Trier in protest of t...
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Remembering how important labor isAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - On Labor Day, we remember the many positive achievements of organized labor in the United States. The labor movement is responsible for America's strong middle class by ...
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Saturday SoapboxAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Jan Schakowsky, Ms. Party Line: Last week, we talked attendance in the 110th Congress; this week, it's partisanship. Who votes with his or her party most often? In the s...
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The media's views of campaign firstsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Throughout the coverage of the Democrats gathering in Denver, the liberal media has made it abundantly clear with commentary and choice of film clips that Barack Obama i...
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Finally, the paper has some balanceAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I applaud the Daily Herald, as I have noticed of late it is becoming a bit more balanced in its reporting and editorials. The article "A Republicans view" by Tom Cross ...
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We must be vigilant on gun restrictionsAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - As a Virginia Tech student at the time of the massacre, I know all too well the horrible consequences of failed gun laws. While I was not in class that day, my friend, ...
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Wind power isn't hot air anymoreAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The front-page spread telling of wind-powered schools and government buildings serves as a message of hope and a display of our future. These plans and discussions rega...
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Colleges condone binge drinkingAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The idea that if college students are allowed to drink at 18, it will reduce binge drinking is an escape clause for the colleges. Rather than making the students pledg...
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Mr. Obama's ironic trip to SpringfieldAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. Obama selected Springfield to announce and present to the American people his choice for vice president. Springfield is the city with the most dysfunctional politi...
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Success of surge in Iraq is questionableAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A recent edition of the Daily Herald contained several articles and other mentions of how the Iraq surge has "worked" and that we are now "winning" a war that was lost o...