Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Photos in the war against abortionAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The saying "a picture is worth 1000 words" could not be more appropriate than when used in the abortion struggle. Each year the Pro Life Action League does its "Face th...
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The Herald's bias for Obama showsAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - July 21st Daily Herald, pages 1, 2 and 11 among others: "Obama focuses attention on war" "Obama meets with Karzai" "Obama to speak in Berlin" "Obama spends less in June"...
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CN/EJ&E merger needs long viewAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Your article ("Fighting Over Trains," July 13) was some of the most balanced and insightful reporting I've seen on the long-simmering fight over the EJ&E. Looking at his...
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Thanks for support of garden club walkAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Members of the Elmhurst Garden Club awoke early on July 13 to a perfect midsummer day for the 13th annual Garden Walk and Faire. As Walk chair Marilyn Arado proclaimed "...