Park Ridge Opinion
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Story of waste belonged on Page 1May 27, 2010 11:00 pm - An excellent article on Illinois' All Kids $79.1 million health insurance program was published by the Daily Herald on May 12. The article reported on an audit of the pr...
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Intellectuals don't know everythingMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not understand how you can add 35 million more people to health insurance and be able to save money. If I add two more people to my family and include them on my he...
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Use technology to solve energy issuesMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - What a disaster. An oil rig sinks into the Gulf of Mexico. Think of it. The environmental repercussions of an oil spill are endless. The environmental harm caused by car...
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Learn from senseless killing of BowzerMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - We were deeply troubled by the recent shooting of Bowzer the beagle-cocker mix in Des Plaines by a police officer because it seems so utterly senseless. We immediately i...
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It's time we went nuclearMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I read the letter about "Spill Baby Spill" and the oil companies. It is sad what Big Oil and Old King Coal are trying to tell us. But I was very happy to read one of the...
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Pagano made Metra accessible to allMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - I am writing as a former plaintiff in the lawsuit once filed against Metra for lack of accessibility to disabled people, and as one of the co-chairs of the former Metra ...
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We must continue fighting al-QaidaMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Our withdrawal from Iraq seems to be a certainty. A mess has been created that will take decades for the Iraqis to solve. Our presence will not change that either way so...
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The link between lizards, environmentMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - I read with some amusement the article in the Daily Herald on May 14 regarding the threat to the world's population of lizards due to global warming. According to scient...
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Giving the gift of timeMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - In these tough economic times, many of us find it difficult to give money to those in need. On Saturday, May 1, seven people met at the home of a longtime Carpentersvill...
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Hydroelectric is next step to clean energyMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in reference to my letter submitted and published in Fence Post on the primary election on candidates and certain aspects of the economy, primarily on energy and...