Mount Prospect Opinion
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Rotate troops out of South KoreaAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - In response to a recent Associated Press article regarding the release of the South Korean hostages, I met with two of my fellow servicemen from the Korean War, and we t...
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Politicians should be ashamedAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Between the immigration fiasco and our politicians' desire to make the U.S.A. peacemaker to the rest of the world, our country has dug a hole that it's never going to ge...
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The high risk of meat-heavy dietsAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Meat-heavy diets have been linked to an increased risk of colon cancer -- but now they're also linked to disease recurrence. A new study in the Journal of the American M...
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Fans singing for a chance at 7th heavenAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - As a kid growing up in Arlington Heights, Matt Shepardson dreamed of stepping up to home plate at Wrigley Field and launching a Ryne Sandberg-esque home run as C...
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Illinois needs vouchers, choiceAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - In his Aug. 21 column on Tuesday, August 21, Burt Constable was right to point out the obvious disparity within our state's education system. Why parents who decide to e...
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Media failures are unforgivableAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Media failures are unforgivable I have recently been reminded of the "flip-flops" of Dick Cheney concerning Iraq: In 1994, 1996 he was asked about Desert Storm and why, ...
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Metra needs money to keep runningAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...
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Pope's remarks truly unfortunateAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - I think it appropriate that these two Associated Press articles appeared on the same page in the July 11 issue of the Daily Herald: "GOP support for war erodes" and "Pop...
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Soapbox: The new Randhurst; what's bugging you?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The Randhurst Shopping Center has been such an integral part of the Northwest suburbs for decades. Here's hoping that plans to build it anew as Randhurst Village are suc...
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Macy's run of bad luck is no surpriseAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Sales off at the downtown store. Salespersons' commissions being cut. Buyouts. Lake Forest store closing. Food court in violation of cleanliness. Jumper from a balcony. ...