Cook County Opinion
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The media must give us real newsAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I consider myself someone who pays fairly close attention to politics, but at the same time, I will admit there are a lot of facts that I don't know. Which brings me to ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen up, parentsAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Dress your kid for school. Check. Pack him or her a nutritious lunch. Check. Make sure they do their homework and say please and thank you. Check. Time for the Parenting...
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Metra unprepared for summer crowdsAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - On Wednesday, Aug. 6, my wife, daughter and two grandchildren under 7 years were headed to the Field Museum in downtown Chicago. We waited at the Mount Prospect station...
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When is a flip-flop not a flip-flop?Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The fact that I'm even talking about this is a testament to how disappointed I am as to how low, devious and divisive the McCain campaign has become since the senator hi...
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Islam hasn't even existed 5,000 yearsAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - You should inspect the accuracy of facts in letters to editor. Inaccuracies make the newspaper look bad. Example, Daily Herald, Aug. 12, "Our troops, not pols, are the h...
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Day of Giving great way to battle apathy in troubled timesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Philanthropy, I'll bet, is on a downswing. People are struggling to pay for a tank of gas, food at the store and other essentials; how can they find money to give to ch...
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Questions about Pelosi and oil issueAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - I am curious. Is Nancy Pelosi against drilling because she invested in T. Boone Pickens wind power and natural gas company to the tune of a about $100,000 on the day it ...
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Back to basics on homeownershipAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - "Rescuing an ailing housing market is good for votes in an election year." Not my vote, and I hope the votes of all of us who bought our homes the old fashioned, respons...
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Olympics is more politics than sportAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Those who contend the Olympics are about athletic sport and not politics don't want to look beyond the pageantry and ruin the magic, much like a child who will "believe"...
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Kirk on wrong side of gender pay issueAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Congressman Mark Kirk voted against pay equity for women yet again. I guess he isn't really the moderate Republican he pretends to be. Women continue to earn only 77 ce...