Cook County Opinion
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Bush does not deserve our respectMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The more I hear and read, the more I believe calling George Bush president is a mistake. He does not qualify to earn that honorable title. He is, and has been, as has ...
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Kirk environmental record not so goodMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk claims that he is such a great friend of the environment that he outscored Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the latest League of Conservation Voters scoreca...
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Why won't our government act?May 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Step outside and you see more and more foreigners on our soil here in the U.S.A. They just continue using our services and if we don't like it, our government will prote...
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Same-sex rulings raw judicial fiatMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The recent decision in California calling same-sex marriage"legal" should have an enormous effect. The need to pass amendment protecting marriage as one man, one woman,...
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Clinton falls short as a candidateMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to Ray Weaver's comments (Saturday) regarding this country needs Hillary Clinton as president, I would like to point out she attempted to get health insuranc...
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We have duty to be brother's keeperMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Certainly, Elaine Kalcsics (May 17) is entitled to her opinion. It is, however, her view of Catholicism that has made child abuse by priests possible, i.e., by believin...
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Paying for airline amenities a la carteMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I don't know why everybody is so upset the airlines are charging $15 to check the first bag. After all, why should that guy on every flight who wheels a steamer trunk d...
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Those who paid cost of our freedomMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - At 18 in 1980, after President Carter resumed the registration requirement in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, I registered as a conscientious objector. ...
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Orr logic falls short against voter IDMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I would expect David Orr, as an elected official, to have provided at least one example of how a poor person who used to vote now can't because they lack an ID. How can...
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'Sensible' gun laws aren't sensibleMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - On Sunday, the Daily Herald wrote an editorial asking why can't we get gun owners to back "sensible" gun legislation. It said nine out of 10 Americans support a backgro...