Cook County Opinion
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Focus on the issues, not Obama's puppyDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - After reading "Obama Must Adopt a Shelter Puppy," I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The fact that this individual chooses to write about Obama's new dog over all th...
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Math is way off, but idea is goodDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Mr. Mark Stuart needs to freshen his pencil, the batteries in his calculator or his math. $1 million for $115 million heads of households in the form of an incentive wo...
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Equality is still a long way offDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - I share John Schadl's hope that the election of Barack Obama can help us "put the evils of racism and bigotry behind us," but am afraid we have a ways to go. We cannot a...
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Speak up if you oppose gay marriageDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Lars Johnson nailed it in his criticism of Burt Constable's column on gay marriage. In California and Massachusetts, voters strongly supported marriage as Constables par...
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Government help is bailout of capitalismDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Capitalism. I looked it up in the dictionary. I did not see the words "government bailout." Sean Herling Mount Prospect ...
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Metra should give college kids a breakDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - It has recently come to my attention that Metra Rail does not grant college students with the "student" discount that they offer. As a college student, I feel the impact...
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Voter turnout was hearteningDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - There will be many memorable images from election 2008, but perhaps none is more heartening than that of Americans voting in staggering numbers at the polls. It is an af...
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Churches spend big on gay marriage banDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Since the passage of Prop 8 in California along with similar bans against gay marriage passed in other states, one has to wonder about the priorities of the churches tha...
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Obama chosen after much considerationDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - When I first read Mr. John King's letter on Saturday, Nov. 29, I thought "Oh, great! Another right wing person who just can't get over the election!" But after I reread ...
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Tough parents are good for kidsDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Navarrette's Sunday column should really be on the front page. In a world where 30 percent of our youth have stolen from a store and 64 percent admit to cheating and 77 ...