Des Plaines Opinion
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Gay rights cause seeks respectabilityJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Mr. Roger Fraser's tirade (Fence Post Dec. 20) excoriating the comfortable middle class of white conservatives was quite self revealing. However, Mr. Fraser obfuscates h...
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Before the year ends, I'd like to point out a few thingsDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - There are so many loose ends on the last day of the year. • If Chicago's incoming police superintendent wants to shake up a department stung by corruption and misconduct...
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Students' kind acts leave impressionDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: I am a teacher in Mount Prospect District 57 and have been home recovering from recent surgery. I felt inspired to write to the community about a "random ...
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Penguin adoption a help to food pantryDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: The Village of Mount Prospect would like to thank the owners and customers of Millie's Hallmark and Neat N Cool Gifts for helping to make the holiday seas...
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Dual language teaching flawedDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - In his column Dec. 9, Ruben Navarrette attempts to make a case for dual language, English and Spanish in our schools. Mr. Navarrette states that English-only laws are di...
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Let's fix sights on energy, climateDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - New ideas really have to struggle to survive. Copernicus was convinced the earth went around the sun and was not the center of the universe. For this, he was placed unde...
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Where's Pentagon's support for troops?Dec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - We have all read about how well our government is handling our involvement in Iraq -- specifically regarding our soldiers and Marines. They were sent there ill equipped....
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Congress has worse issues than steroidsDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Can someone tell me what's wrong with our elected representatives? Our country is in a downhill slide. Inflation is setting in. We have immigration problems of great ma...
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Criticism of Israel unfair, inaccurateDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - I have had it, I really have! I am so sick and tired of the world being on the side of the Palestinians. Now they are asking for donations from the world in the amount ...
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Remember our military todayDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - As we are all sitting around the Christmas tree this holiday and enjoying our family and friends, please keep in mind all of those men and women in the United States mil...