Cook County Opinion
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Six complaints to start the dayAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Things that annoy me: 1. A religious test for president. There is no valid, logical reason an agnostic or atheist should not be able to be president. The founding father...
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Reader wrong to claim paper biasAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In his Aug. 3 letter, Emilio F. Marcos targets the Daily Herald, Europeans and Barack Obama for criticism. His aim however, is off and he misses badly. He begins by accu...
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How did Obama's rise happen?Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - He was an attorney and a community organizer before he was sent to Springfield to become yet another do-nothing state senator whose main function was to pass legislation...
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Why did Kirk vote against pay equity?Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - People like to think that Mark Kirk is a moderate but time and time again, his voting record proves otherwise. Kirk recently was among the 178 Republicans to stand by t...
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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...