Cook County Opinion
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Thanks for helping feed the hungryMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The board, volunteers and staff of the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry wish to extend our appreciation for the time and effort involved in two recent food drives, as well as for ...
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Education funding should be higherMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - In the U.S., everyone has a basic right to an education, and every state has to provide free elementary and high school classes. The quality of the provided education, h...
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The fight against corporate fraudMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - In 2002, our president initiated the President's Corporate Fraud task force to investigate and prosecute white collar crimes like money laundering, accounting fraud and ...
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Clinton should bow out with dignityMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary is delusional. Claiming to be a better candidate to beat McCain does not make it so, nor does it mean, more importantly, that she'd make a better president. Eve...
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Trust fund focus obscures real issuesMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Based on John Herman's response to my April 8 letter "Truth about Social Security and Medicare," there appears to be some misunderstanding about what I was trying to say...
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Voter ID idea makes senseMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - I disagree with David Orr and the ACLU about the people showing their drivers licenses to vote. I am an election judge in Illinois, and we have not been able to ask anyo...
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A little humanity in an increasingly heartless worldMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - If Jim Caudill weren't my friend. If I hadn't talked at length to the sister of a murder victim -- or to a friend of a man critically injured on his motorcycle. Perhaps,...
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No risk in trying to stop abortionsMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - I would agree with Ron Coppel's response (Fence Post, Sunday) about the many German teachers and others in World War II who informed on the Jewish people, Catholic pries...
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The arguments of war and politicsMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - An open letter to James Prescott of Schaumburg (May 10): I seem to have hit a nerve with my armchair warriors and politicians statement. There seems to be a lot of them ...
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It looks like Will Rogers had it rightMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - As I observe the campaigning for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, I am reminded of a 1928 quote by Will Rogers: "You know the platform will always ...