Des Plaines Opinion
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Surely, media bias is pure coincidenceFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm sure that by now most of your readers have heard numerous accusations that the media is biased toward the Democratic Party. Well, don't believe it for even an inst...
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It's a winter made for the big screenFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - After winning his second Academy Award for Best Actor, Daniel Day- Lewis announced plans for his next movie. It will be set in Chicago. The working title is: There Will ...
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Costs of Iraq War hurt U.S. economyFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - According to the latest polls, the main thing on the American people's mind now is not the Iraq War, but the economy. But it is not an issue of either the war or the eco...
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Towns must buy salt for road safetyFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - While some communities are enacting laws to require homeowners to shovel their sidewalks (good idea), roads remain icy and dangerous. As suburban commuters struggled th...
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Enough of this long winter already!Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - I can't speak for others in the Chicago area, but I have had about all the global warming I can handle. James R. Schaefer Mount Prospect ...
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Congress wasting time on baseballFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - With record deficits, immigration issues and our sons and daughters being killed or wounded in war, Congress needs to deal with the real issues not this softball little ...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...
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IHSA and IPA are acting like childrenFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - In their "conflict" over the rights to photograph high school athletic events, The Illinois High School Association and the Illinois Press Association sound like a pair ...
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NIU tragedy calls for drastic actionFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - I write this with a great deal of sadness in the wake of the great tragedy at NIU. We need to write our legislature and demand that we get the guns off the streets. We s...
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Let us carry guns for self-defenseFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The tragedies at NIU, Lane Bryant, Virginia Tech and Brown's Chicken are horrific beyond measure. Our prayers reach out through heaven to the families and their lost so...