Cook County Opinion
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The Bible as basis for America's lawsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Judith Carlson (Fence Post, Aug. 3) wrote to object to Eric Carver's letter about using the Bible as the basis for American law. Ms. Carlson's raises legitimate concern...
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NTSB has duty to check MD-80 jetsAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm just wondering when the NTSB is going to take a long, hard look at American Airline's aging fleet of McDonald Douglas MD-80 jets? I was in New York last week when it...
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Murphy exploits county sales taxAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Blagojevich is starting to rub off on my State Sen. Matt Murphy. He thinks that legislating via press conference and press releases is going to actually repeal the...
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State should not increase gas taxAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week's letter by Joe Dun on gas prices and taxes was very much on the money. (Fence Post, Aug. 6) But our wonderful state has a gasoline tax which few state have th...
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Will fingerprint checks be reliable?Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - We all heard that TSA takes fingerprints at airports on arrival of visitors to U.S. and we depend on its results, hoping criminals will be caught. We had different expe...
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Payday loan bill bad for consumersAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Debbie Goldstein's Aug. 2 letter charging that payday loans and other short-term loans are "legalized loan sharking" substitutes name calling for facts. By extrapolating...
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It's Obama who makes race an issueAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - While it is not politically correct to discuss race as an issue in the election, Obama makes much of his being the first black candidate for the presidency. Has he forg...
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No time to raise pay for legislatorsAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - This is no time for a legislative pay raise. Too many Illinois families are facing financial hardships where one person has a job, but there isn't enough income to pay ...
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The vote against gender pay equityAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, a large group of 10th District men and women delivered a letter to Rep. Mark Kirk's district office expressing our dismay with his recent vote against pay equ...
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Reflections on church shootingAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the face of such tragedy, what can we do, what can't be done? We can't make our lives and our communities totally safe. We always will be vulnerable to those very fe...