Cook County Opinion
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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...
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How 'green' are our local colleges?Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Oakton Community College in Des Plaines emphasizes, even stresses, the importance of being "green" and its own efforts in doing so. I applaud their efforts for this "gr...
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Our troops, not pols, are the heroesAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - We have gone through almost six years of war in the Middle East. We have lost 4,424 of our men and women who have given their lives for democracy, or should we say oil....
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Let's blame Obama for everythingAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. McCain's charge that Barack Obama is responsible for the higher gas prices we are seeing was right on. But he failed to mention the other problems Obama is respons...
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Stop gender-based wage inequitiesAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338) won approval by the U.S. House of Representatives 247 - 178 on July 31. It is now pending in a Senate committee. The bill is inten...
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Are we only ones not drilling?Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The Democrats and the governor of Florida do not allow offshore drilling off the state of Florida. Maybe the governor should take a boat ride. India, Canada, Spain, Mala...
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Russians are acting an awful lot like usAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - I had to cringe in disbelief when I heard President George W. Bush tell the world that Russia had no moral or legal right to invade Georgia. So far the formally undeclar...