Cook County Opinion
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Consider this absolute truthFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Perhaps there are only a few of us who become irritated by, or perhaps even notice, the way television talking heads follow the latest trends in word choice. Not long ag...
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Answer questions before launching planFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I am glad to see our new president putting so much emphasis on creating jobs. It is critical for the economic recovery. I do have a few important questions that must be ...
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Carpentersville Cares is the clear choiceFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Election time is once again upon us. It's time to dig in our heels and begin the hard work of supporting qualified individuals for office. The team of "Carpentersville C...
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Roskam back to same old GOP linesFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - It's great to see a public servant like Peter Roskam communicating to his constituents through the newspaper. I wish more of our representatives would take the time to d...
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This doesn't look like change for the betterFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - since the obama campaign has cleared itself of any hanky-panky with rod blagojevich, we have also seen their vetting process for appointees up close and personal recentl...
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It might be time to rethink marriageFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - The argument against gay marriage seems to rest in the confusion between religious and civil commitments to the act of marriage itself. One group claims God has determin...
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Stem cell research takes lives of unbornFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I agree with Cynthia Tucker that George W. Bush's refusal to expand human embryos stem cell research cannot be proven to have caused deaths, on the other hand it most ce...
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It's easy to spot an American companyFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Regarding Kevin Martin's letter "no easy way to define American," ever since Pearl Harbor and World War II, I have had no desire to further the Japanese or German econom...
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Hey, did you hear the one about COD?Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - There was a time, I'm sure, when we wouldn't have dignified a rumor with a story. But times have changed. Rumors, gossip and innuendo have the ability to spread with the...
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Getting taxed out of IllinoisFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - We have a new governor for one week and the House and Senate, Madigan and Cullerton, with the new governor keeping all options open, are already talking about increasing...