Cook County Opinion
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Fun time to follow baseball in ChicagoJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - I have always been a Cubs fan, but horror of horrors, I have never been a Sox hater. Why? Because I was first and foremost a baseball fan, and today I was thinking what ...
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How the pop star got top billing over the journalistJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - On this hand, a respected journalist; on that, a world-renowned music star. To me, the choice of which one people would most want to read about was a virtual no-brainer...
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Fallacy of picking and choosingJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to Nancy Herman's letter published May 16, this kind of holier than thou stuff makes my eyes roll into the back of my head. As long as people profess to l...
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Repeat floods' warning: Are we prepared?Jun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A wild ride through the whims of northern Illinois weather has left many of us weary, without power, suffering damage to homes and property, and, once again, facing over...
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East Dundee board supported flagJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - It isn't often that residents of a village write and pat their village boards on the back and say "Thanks." I have often been very critical of my village board, and I st...
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Editorial cartoon racially chargedJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald editorial page cartoon on Sunday was poorly chosen. The left half of the cartoon shows John McCain with a 2000 button as if he were a better choice the...
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Shameful denial of a deserved tributeJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Five years have passed, but shame on Bensenville Village President John Geils and the village of Bensenville still exists. Sgt. Richard W. Mosher, a retired former dep...
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Pols must address global warmingJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - With Al Gore's endorsement of Barack Obama, I'm pleased to see politicians talking about global warming. For too long, our politicians have been sitting on their hands ...
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GOP continues to borrow and spendJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - In reference to the cartoon Saturday where the Obama tour bus is headed toward "Tax and Spend," I hope you print another cartoon of a McCain tour bus headed toward "Borr...
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Bible shouldn't be used to form lawsJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - In some recent editorial letters, one writer used the Bible book Leviticus to decry California'sSupreme Court decision concerning same sex marriage. If we are going tous...