Cook County Opinion
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Enough of the Bush name callingAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Like summer follows spring, the Daily Herald again chooses to print a reader's letter that calls our president a liar. After six years, I think we have had our fill of t...
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Kirk explains vote on equal pay billAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Should Congress force a woman to proactively opt out of class action lawsuits or lose her individual right to sue for wage discrimination? Hard to imagine that this ques...
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It's easy to judge, but not always fairAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to Barbara Wroblewski's letter (Fence Post Aug 19) concerning the evils of abortion: As a nursing student, one of my assignments was to spend time at an abor...
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A scenario that leads to fascismAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - A letter in the Aug. 22 Daily Herald proposes a scenario that would lead us to a socialist economy. Apparently, the letter was in response to mine in the Aug. 16 Daily H...
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Seals' energy policy: Been there, done thatAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By those standards we should send the men in white coa...
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Success is fighting changes to Title XAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to thank Congressman Kirk for his vigilant defense of a woman's right to full, accurate and unbiased information from her doctor. Recently it was reported ...
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Bean a Congressional truantAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes missing, Melissa Bean: What member of the suburban delegation to the U.S. House has missed the most votes in the 110th Congress? A Soapbox Dart to Barringt...
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Iraq enjoys surplus, we suffer oil pricesAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Media is updating what some people may consider progress in Iraq - Iraq could have a $79 billion surplus by year's end. As a large producer of oil, Iraq watches this su...
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Meeks should urge kids to go to schoolAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Wow, State Sen. James Meeks, who is also a pastor or preacher, encouraging kids to ditch the first day of school because Chicago schools only spend $10,000 on each kid v...
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Reality is, we must drill for oil nowAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Linda Vukovich of Palatine (Fence Post, Aug. 18) has obviously bought into the Democratic rhetoric about drilling for new oil in her letter, "We must overcome our addict...