Cook County Opinion
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There are no heroes in 'Valkyrie'Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - I watched the touted film "Valkyrie" with our hero Tom Cruise who is portrayed as spearheading an assassination attempt on Hitler. The entire movie is a failure, a piece...
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There are worse things than abortionJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - I thought Bob Rudny's letter of Jan. 10 calling for a day of prayer on Inauguration Day one of the most ridiculous letters ever written in the history of the written wor...
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Some suggestions for Big Ten footballJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - In his column, "Big Ten a joke ... and that's no joke," Mike Imrem writes: "As an Illinois alumnus, it seems to me that a conference comprised of great research universi...
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Policies are crushing the middle classJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - The state of Illinois is going to lease parking meters now, and rates are going to quadruple. Parking lot fees in Chicago are ridiculous. You can't park on several stree...
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West Dundee plows doing great jobJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - This is just a brief note of awe and thanks to the public works department of West Dundee for the wonderful job of taking care of our streets during this most difficult ...
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It's wrong to ask for clemency for RyanJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - There are many, perhaps rightly so, who think O.J. Simpson got away with murder. Results, however, show he was judged by a jury of peers, listening to the evidence, and ...
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Scandals have left a broken societyJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - It seems like every day a new scandal or breach of trust is brought into the open. The people who took out mortgages and were not informed of the consequences of buying ...
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Let's have a clean fight, candidatesJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Even before that last weathered McCain sign is gone from the landscape and just as sure as daffodils bloom in the spring, you'll soon see a fresh crop of campaign signs....
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Iran holds key to Mideast peaceJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - The new administration has its work cut out for it and I hope they make their first priority to change our diplomatic policy concerning Iran. Iran has many faults but we...
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Donations prove Catholic generosityJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - In his letter to Fence Post, entitled "(the) Church's agenda should tackle greed," George E. Bedingfield cautiously speculates that the bishops of the church in its lobb...