Mount Prospect Opinion
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Keep opinions to the Opinion pageSep 29, 2012 5:00 am - Jim Slusher, the editor of the Daily Herald’s Opinion page, has previously contended that there is no media bias, including his paper in the innocent status. Just as bea...
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The SoapboxSep 29, 2012 5:00 am - Oooh, that smell: One suggestion for those who might be in the situation described by the neighbors of William Tinkler, the Elgin man who police say had been storing dea...
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Easy to explain exodus from IllinoisSep 29, 2012 5:00 am - Caterpillar rules out Illinois for its new plant and takes the plant and 1,400 jobs to Georgia. A recent Chicago Tribune editorial, “Bye-bye, jobs,” explained that Orasc...
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Flag at half staff a sign of the timesSep 28, 2012 5:00 am - It is a disturbing sign of the times when I go to work and see the flag at half staff. It is becoming an all-too-often occurrence. Whether it is a loosening of our flag ...
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At least some jobs are not outsourcedSep 25, 2012 12:19 pm - An article that ran during the Republican National Convention stated, “ ... group of activists crashed the breakfast meeting and took the stage to chant for a minimum-wa...
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Use Quran’s words instead of bombsSep 25, 2012 12:19 pm - Life is difficult being an American Muslim, but having to deal with the fear of losing my life is even worse — and this fear almost become reality when, according to pol...
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Mike Terson backs Sente in 59th HouseSep 24, 2012 5:00 am - Let me preface this letter by saying that I tend to vote Republican. I am pro-choice and I support gay marriage; but, I find myself leaning right when it comes to fiscal...
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Attitude toward animals NeanderthalSep 23, 2012 4:40 am - It’s been said that you can judge a society by the way it treats its animals. If that’s the case, future generations surely will believe that Illinois legislators and Ka...
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The SoapboxSep 22, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you, Mayor: A park district commissioner. Then, a village trustee and village president. Thirty-four years of public service Arlene Mulder has given to Arlington H...
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White House pushing propagandaSep 22, 2012 5:00 am - You can fool some of the people some of the time and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. For this admi...