Cook County Opinion
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The solutions to make society betterAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - It has been debated how the Chinese communist government dictates to its people. True, they do have more rights than in the past, but their freedom is restricted and go...
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Catholics must have courage to speak outAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The deposition of Cardinal George sadly points to an endemic problem in the Catholic Church. It is replicated in city after city (Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chi...
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McCain a hero who exploited his storyAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - On Aug. 18, John Hurley suggested that John McCain was not a hero for his actions during Vietnam. I agree and disagree with him at the same time. It is true that being ...
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Expect the change will be higher taxesAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - As I listen to the candidates debate their ideas, I become more confused. I am tired of hearing one candidate accuse the other of politics as usual. The other is accuse...
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Police training on use of deadly forceAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Per Police Chief Bill Biang of Waukegan, it takes four fatal bullets in the chest to get a kid to drop a hammer. The good police chief says cops are trained this way. Pe...
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One reason swim records are brokenAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Not to take anything away from Michael Phelps or any other world-class swimmer, but perhaps the reason so many records are being broken is because these athletes are bet...
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Overnight parking ban needed in ElginAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - I am discouraged that once again the City of Elgin seems to be avoiding taking that final, deep-end plunge to implement a citywide overnight parking ban on its streets. ...
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How Musharraf and Bush compareAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Pakistan's ruling coalition, the governmental body that has taken office since the Democratic majority in Washington was elected in 2006, has announced that impeachment ...
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Kirk fights pork, wasteful spendingAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The federal budget deficit is projected to reach $500 billion this year. We're essentially putting $500 billion on the national credit card. And most of the people in W...
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Are not the unborn disadvantaged?Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Obama said America's greatest moral failure is its insufficient help to the disadvantaged. He noted the Bible quotes Jesus as saying "whatever you do for the least of m...