Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Let's ban plastic shopping bagsJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Just recently, the nation of China banned free plastic shopping bags and called for a return to the cloth bags of old -- this action largely welcomed by merchants and sh...
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Do we support the unsung heroes?Jan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - An article headed "Sudden Death," (Jan. 7, Daily Herald) reported three Iraqi soldiers threw themselves on a suicide attacker wearing an explosives vest, during an Army ...
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Government can work, often doesJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I once made a new acquaintance who became animated when he found out that I am a liberal Democrat. He loudly expressed his disdain for "big government, the nanny governm...
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Being religious not linked to moralityJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to Mr. Ed Smetana's letter in Friday's Fence Post. Mr. Smetana stated Christians, Moslems and Jews believe man evolved from a man called Adam who was...
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Snow cartoon was mostly confusedJan 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Your (Moderately Confused) cartoon on Monday, the snowman going on a diet in spring, was a little late. The weather outside was 64 degrees and all that was left of my s...
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State must show real responsibilityJan 08, 2008 10:00 pm - There are two basic Republican Party principles that I have always supported. The first requires that government must responsibly comply with its legal obligations to ...
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7 years later, Bin Laden not priorityJan 08, 2008 10:00 pm - It is beyond belief that after seven years, Osama Bin Laden still has not been brought to justice for his crimes against this nation. Each and every American should be o...
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Support service contraception billJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - In 2002, the Department of Defense initially added emergency contraception to its Basic Care Formulary, a list of over 200 medications required to be stocked at all mili...
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What constitutes a 'notable' death?Dec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: I am responding to an article by the Associated Press in the Dec. 5 "Life Stories" section adjacent to the Obituaries. I read two uplifting stories author...
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Public system still the best for schoolsDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - My father began his teaching career in a small town high school in Iowa. He had the school's football team in his English class and when they didn't do any work, he gave...