Diamond Lake Opinion
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Family will feel loss of Dominick’sOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - When Mundelein lost Blockbuster a few years ago, I survived by finding movies to rent at other places like the library. When we lost Best Buy and Applebee’s, it was a l...
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More than one way to wreck nationOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - The skirmishing continues in Washington. Shifting demands of the Tea/Republican Party make it clear that what is in fact demanded is the resignation of the current occu...
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The SoapboxOct 19, 2013 5:00 am - A special homecoming queen, Part 1: We can’t say enough about the seniors at Downers Grove North High School, especially Mary Doro, who nominated her friend Anne Wagner ...
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Follow the rules on cars and bicyclesOct 18, 2013 5:00 am - I’d like to address the driver who yelled, “Bikes have rules of the road too, you jerk!” on a recent afternoon in Mundelein. Exactly what rule did you think I was viola...
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Public must take lead in crisisOct 17, 2013 12:24 pm - Amid a federal government shutdown and debt ceiling arguments, the effects on the local level are minimized. So long as the status quo remains in balance, the general pu...
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Farewell to tears: A Libertyville High School Homecoming memoryOct 16, 2013 10:45 am - After Annie was born 23 years ago with Down syndrome, I cried. A lot. I cried because all the books we bought after her diagnosis were filled with scary medical, social...
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Mundelein should trap skunks, tooOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - In response to the article, “Trapper Hired to Thin the Skunk Population in Vernon Hills,” by Mick Zawislak, I feel this is a great idea, and should also be done in Munde...
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Get medical records of would-be gun ownersOct 14, 2013 5:00 am - Gun control has been a very big issue in the United States this year. Citizens have the right to own a gun, it’s constitutional in the Second Amendment, but the problem ...
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Remember all who fail to compromiseOct 12, 2013 5:00 am - After reading the article “No budge in budget standoff”, in the Oct. 3 Daily Herald, I believe the fault for the federal government shutdown cannot be blamed on one part...
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Feds right to shut down Silk RoadOct 11, 2013 5:00 am - A lot of hullabaloo’s been made over the Silk Road’s recent shutdown, and I can’t believe how many people support the site. Their arguments typically involve how it ful...