Des Plaines Opinion
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Gender and race shouldn't be factorsMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - After several readings of Ginger Marcuccelli's letter (Feb. 8), not encouraging, but rather ordering women to vote for Hillary Clinton merely because she is a woman, I a...
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Congress must take on NCAA deceitMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - "Seriously, college athletics have started to make the pros look like a Mother Teresa clinic on sportsmanship." So writes Mike Imrem in his revealing Feb. 10 column, "B...
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NAFTA hurts, but not a complete lossMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Foma Harrop reports that NAFTA is "not a bad deal." That is an incomplete story. The fact is that U.S. workers continue to lose jobs to lower-cost labor nations includi...
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Provide summary commentarieMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - I have enjoyed reading the Daily Herald for years and will keep doing so in the future. You had a good presentation in your Feb. 1 edition which caught my interest (page...
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Bush out of touch with price of gasMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - President Bush was speaking at a White House news conference the other day when asked about the possibility of gas going as high as $4 a gallon by the time summer drivin...
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New county tax will suffocate economyMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Last Friday, the taxpayers of this county were dealt a huge blow. Once again, when we had the opportunity to force Cook County government to live within its means, speci...
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No rebate checks to illegal immigrants?Mar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - According to the Daily Herald, language has been put into the rebate check legislation designed to prevent illegal immigrants from getting rebate checks. I'm not the bri...
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Everyone doesn't drink and drugMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Recent surveys say that in the last 30 days, 36 percent of our students used drugs or alcohol. Of these, 9 percent drank and drove. These figures refute the claim by ma...
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Had enough of Gov. Blagojevich?Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - I opened my Daily Herald Feb. 27 and once again found that our beloved governor is in the news. I couldn't help but think back to 2006 when the intrepid Rod, forever in...
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Early voting idea becomes a successMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - As Illinois' chief proponent of early voting, I applaud the Feb. 26 editorial ("Don't rush changes in early voting") for highlighting early voting's successes and pointi...