Des Plaines Opinion
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Towns have a duty to pension reformApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading the reaction to the Daily Herald's recent article and editorial on local officials' concerns with public safety pension funding, I must respond on behalf o...
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Praise for Clinton editorial cartoonApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - As we have all been told throughout life, "A picture is worth a thousand words." Your political cartoon on the editorial page March 27 was a perfect example. It tells i...
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We need a law to protect democracyApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, as the war raged on, Vice President Dick Cheney gave an interview with ABC's Martha Raddatz. When she pointed out that two-thir...
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A sudden interest in being humaneApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Two inmates on death row in Kentucky argue their executions could be carried out more humanely with less risk of pain. I wonder if they thought about humaneness and pai...
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Iraq war linked to our economic woesApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A trio of $600 big bills shared the front page of the April 9 Daily Herald with the Petraeus report. This is logical because the two stories are closely related. The e...
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Why not forgive our foreign debt?Apr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - To the person who wants the U. S. to forgive foreign debt, when will our foreign debt be forgiven, particularly the debt owed to China, Middle East oil exporters and how...
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Greenberg is right for the 8th DistrictApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to commend Steve Greenberg, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 8th District. He recently conducted a tele-town hall that I participated in. T...
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Is Electoral College good or bad thing?Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Bill Clinton never won a majority of the popular vote in a presidential election, yet he was elected president because he won the majority of the Electoral College vote...
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Architects still very much neededApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I was disappointed in the article in the March 28 issue about a group of Rolling Meadows students who designed a new fire station for Rolling Meadows. Disappointed becau...
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End debt for Third World countriesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - This is an open letter to U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam. Neil was in the band and orchestra and Mark was a towne crier. Our paths diverged since graduating as Grens, but now, ...