Cook County Opinion
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Day of prayer isn't exclusionaryJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to Theodore Utchen's letter regarding the National Day of Prayer, claiming Obama did right in refusing to hold a White House prayer event. If our president i...
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Pitfalls are plenty of video pokerJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Congratulations to Burt Constable for his superb May 28 column pointing out the pitfalls of video poker. Mr. Constable wisely interviewed Dr. John Warren Kindt, an econo...
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Another reason to nix township governmentJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - As a village trustee for East Dundee, I attended the May 19 Dundee Township board meeting at the request of a few individuals who were to petition the board for permissi...
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Sotomayor's words must be condemnedJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - In nominating Hon. Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, President Obama broke yet another promise to the American people. He promised hope and change and unity - b...
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It's time to kick the rascals out ... nowJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - We only get what we deserve. We keep electing the same candidates to the state legislature year in and year out and then complain about corruption and crooked politician...
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Lawmakers: Follow kindergarten rulesJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - To the Illinois legislature: As a senior citizen I object to being used as a political pawn in this futile chess game called politics. I'm tired of the veiled threats, b...
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Ban on same-sex marriage costs allJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Thomas Jefferson said, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." The Californi...
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Plans to fight foreclosure crisisJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I wish to commend and thank the Daily Herald for its coverage of the home foreclosure crisis facing so many of our fellow Fox Valley residents. Most of my friends and ne...
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Please take blinders off, Ms. SotomayorJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I want to say that I think it is admirable to see all that Sonia Sotomayor had to overcome in order to be considered as a Supreme Court Justice. Her rise to the top para...
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Nepotism isn't 'in the best interest'Jun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Some of the antics out of Springfield and Chicago through the years have clearly dismayed us. But a little town nestled in the Northwest suburbs may have just raised the...