Cook County Opinion
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Carols should keep Christ in ChristmasJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - I returned home after celebrating Christmas mass, anxious to read my paper and enjoy a hot cup of coffee. Hark! Test your Christmas Carol Knowledge was the headline that...
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Is garden plot move worth the cash?Jan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Does anybody else find this strange? On a day when the city of Naperville announced it was laying off 20 employees, on a day when Walgreen Co. announced plans to slash 1...
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Buy American, but not entirelyJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - In response to the reader who submitted the letter about "buy American; keep jobs here," I say Amen but everything in moderation. After 30 years in a purchasing capacity...
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What's happened to the post office?Jan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently I read that the post office is being forced to live off third class mail as first class is down due to the Internet and e-mail. The post office, as usual, misse...
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Obama problematic for abortion foesJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Obama's unfortunate election marks another "Day of Infamy" for this once great nation. Coming on the heels of the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, and the brutal murder of ...
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Work ahead with our local electionsJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - In Carpentersville, current Village President Bill Sarto will be seeking re-election against Trustee Ed Ritter. In Wheeling so far, the race for the top leadership job w...
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Two novel ideas for that Senate seatJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Just an opinion, when we get rid of Gov. Blagojevich once and for all, we should do one of two things to select a new Senator from Illinois. We can: Appoint former Gover...
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Bailout foes should vote with dollarsJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Now that the price of gas is down, why don't we just let the Big Three make more Hummers and SUVs? The American public is dumb enough to gobble them up. Nobody believed...
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I-88 exchange nice, but reminder of rocky roadsJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I was so darned excited about the opening of I-355 on Christmas Eve, 1989 that I found the flimsiest of excuses to drive to the Daily Herald offices in Arlington Heights...
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Election will become another GOP circusJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Initially the idea of holding a special election to fill the junior senator from Illinois' seat sounds great, until one thinks about the three-ring circus run by the Ill...