Cook County Opinion
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Discuss abortion without religionFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - There is way too much religious acrimony these days surrounding the subject of abortion. It would seem that it should be able to be decided with only science, reason and...
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Watch politics for free tax adviceFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - As we move into the frantic tax season and we scramble to pull all the paper work and deductions together, we have found some relief in the new Geithner-Daschle deductio...
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People don't want to pay for bad TVFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Apparently a great number of viewers have not yet arranged to receive the new digital television signals. Could it be that many are reluctant to spend additional funds t...
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Obama mishandled Wall Street pay issueFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - A clear majority apparently agree that Wall Street executive pay is excessive, if not obscene. President Obama's $500,000 cap both fails to address the problem and lets ...
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Amnesty would affect all AmericansFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Amnesty sounds like a very nice word. A word that most people would agree to, except for some unforgivable act. The American people are a generous lot, generous to a fau...
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Should we spike this electoral board system?Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - All's fair in love and politics, so trying to shoot an arrow through the heart of a candidate's petitions to run for office is a rite of passage when local elections rol...
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Elgin needs farsighted leadersFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to publicly thank the City of Elgin, Mayor Schock, the city council, city staff, Police Chief Womack and her department for the purchase of the cobblestone ...
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Gay rights is today's civil rights battleFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - When my perceptive grandfather was a labor organizer in the South in the 1910s, he wrote Samuel Gompers, head of the AFL, that "black people want the same things for the...
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Sen. Burris needs tech supportFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Calls to Sen. Roland Burris' Washington office are being met with a "mailbox full" message and a hang-up. No e-mail address is listed on his Web site nor does the DNC ha...
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Stimulus must hike unemployment payFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - The more I read about the stimulus bill, the more I am concerned about its lack of focus on things that will quickly increase consumer spending and/or provide immediate ...