Des Plaines Opinion
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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...
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I'll go ahead and say it: 'Christmas'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Warning: If you are politically correct, please skip this column. This is a story about Christmas. I figure it's OK for me to actually write that word Christmas since it...
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Going beyond the Mitchell ReportDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Kudos to Barry Rozner for his Dec. 14 column "Dough! Mitchell whiffed" about George Mitchell's report on performance enhancing drugs in MLB. Regrettably, Mitchell missed...
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Saturday Soapbox: Leaf-burning decision anti-climacticDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - After years of study, plenty of discussion and a full community survey, North Barrington's long-delayed decision this week on leaf-burning was a bit anti-climactic. Trus...
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Fuel-efficiency goal is national disgraceDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - What a disgrace for Congress to mandate a fleet fuel efficiency of 35 mpg by 2020. Do they know that there already are cars that offer higher efficiencies than that? Thi...