Des Plaines Opinion
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...
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Global pollution: Who's responsible?Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Ms. Erin Imhoff (Fence Post, Saturday) is concerned about global warming and pollution as we all ought to be. She describes the U.S. as the world's biggest polluter. Th...
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Pfleger has shamed church and himselfJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The comments of Mr. Labuda (Fence Post, Wednesday) were right on target except, Father Pfleger has shamed himself and the Catholic Church and our process that has given ...
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Don't overturn Des Plaines term limitsJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Our spendthrift leaders in Des Plaines have done enough damage with TIF programs, high taxes, ignoring what we taxpayers vote on and scandals involving some prominent ci...
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Voter ID rule protects systemJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The Cook County clerk's Fence Post letter (May 23) complaining about all the so-called hurdles the poor allegedly now have to overcome due to the recent Supreme Court ru...
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The Peter Principle and our politiciansJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - For many years I have watched the activities of our U.S. senators and congressmen, our Illinois state legislators and governors, county and village officials and most re...
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People's Republic of North AmericaJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Reader Mr. A. Nelson (Fence Post, Tuesday) writes, "A fundamental aim of any Democratic, liberal administration should be the breaking up of the big corporations..." Wh...
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For McClellan, it's about the moneyMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Remember the retired Army generals who voiced their disapproval of the Iraq war? They went along with the system while on the payroll. Honorable men, all honorable men. ...
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The Rev. Pfleger has gone too farMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The Rev. Michael Pfleger has gone too far with his latest tirade against Hillary Clinton. He is no better than the so-called Rev. Wright. This man has forgotten that he...
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BG board takes issue with senatorsMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - To the editor: How disappointing that both Sens. Dick Durbin and Barack Obama have come out strongly against CN's proposed acquisition of the EJ&E railway. In doing so, ...