Cook County Opinion
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Seals confused on gas pricesJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - By now everyone has heard of Dan Seals' disastrous gas stunt that ended up snarling traffic in Lincolnshire for hours and netted the Seals campaign a $2,200 fine. While ...
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New FISA measure reduces our libertyJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Regarding the new FISA bill crafted by Rep. Steny Hoyer, I am disturbed there will be no effective curb on surveillance of American citizens. Congress gives a green lig...
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Frisk makes prep players feel specialJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Just want to say congratulations to Bob Frisk for his 50 years of working at the Herald. Huzzah-huzzah and three cheers! As a 52-year reader (and one part-time employee)...
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Seals' letter shows he lacks judgmentJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to respond to Dan Seals' letter to the editor, published June . Mr. Seals claims in his letter that he and his staff did not anticipate the huge turnout at...
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He was trying to get his FOID cardJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Another person shot by Chicago police and he was a convicted felon. However, I digress. Instead of reaching for his illegally possessed firearm by a felon, a handgun ...
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Students and First Amendment rightsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Students and First Amendment rights This is in response to Melissa Jenco's piece on high school journalists and the First Amendment. As a current student of public polic...
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Guffaws at seat-belt award reminder of important life lessonJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - OK, I'll admit it: We journalist types are a little jaded, and occasionally we do talk somewhat frivolously about the news we cover. Case in point: On today's Page 5, we...
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Students and First Amendment rightsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to Melissa Jenco's piece on high school journalists and the First Amendment. As a current student of public policy, specifically education policy, I ...
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Government lacks fiscal restraintJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - "Fiscal restraint" is a dirty phrase in Cook County, Springfield and Washington D.C. these days. The sheer amount of waste, and the lack of remorse for it, is staggering...
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The questions of logic and abortionJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The interesting letter from Richard Kaiser (Fence Post, Monday) regarding abortion encourages me to write. Mr. Kaiser's second paragraph, first of all, imagines that s...