Des Plaines Opinion
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Lawsuits drive up cost of health careJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Richard Keller is wrong when he says Congressman Kirk doesn't see the problems in our health care system. Keller and Kirk just disagree on what the problems are. Medicai...
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U.S. should not grovel before IsraelJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama recently did any presidential candidate's ritual, groveling to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. I cannot recall if John McCain did his groveli...
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Get government out of marriageJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The issue of same-sex marriage seems to dominate the media and elicits contentious behavior and language from both sides. There is no question we live in a heterogeneous...
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Unknown man did good deed, indeedJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Unknown man did good deed, indeed This is a special thank you to the man with the white van who returned the briefcase which I had lost, to my church -- after finding it...
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Important to keep Dean at DNCJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The fact that Howard Dean will be able to stay as chairman of the Democratic National Committee to continue his 50-state strategy of grass roots, bottom up politics is a...
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Where's the fairness in this?Jun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - In my 40 years of operating Ye Olde Town Inn in Mount Prospect, I have never seen such a blatant abuse of Mount Prospect taxpayers' money for the benefit of one individu...
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The real challenge to Social SecurityJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I thought Bill Hartman (Fence Post, Friday) was a bit rough on Frank Sears (Fence Post, Tuesday). Bill implied that Frank kept his savings in a mattress, and most damnin...
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Obama goes back on his wordJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Obama goes back on his word Friday's Herald had an interesting article entitled "Obama bypasses public money: Going back on word, Democrat knows he'll raise more by hims...
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Our laws cannot be based on religionJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to remind Ms. Benedetto (Fence Post, June 13) and all residents of our country that the United States is not a Christian nation. Rather, the United States ...
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Democrats begin socialist policiesJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, both controlled by Democrats, are about to pass the war funding bill. To get the funding, the president is going t...