Cook County Opinion
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How could Obama support Stroger?Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The media has been in an uproar lately concerning Barack Obama's judgment related to Reverend Wright and his real estate dealings with Tony Rezko. Well, consider his jud...
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Bottled water has an important roleApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - We respect Beth Bales' campaign to increase Aurora's efforts to be environmentally responsible (Daily Herald, April 20). We share those same goals, but ask that readers ...
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Governor should free autism fundsApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - In honor of Autism Awareness Month in April, I strongly urge the governor to release $2.5 million to The Autism Program of Illinois, or TAP. During the FY08 budget negot...
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Toll of abortions reaches beyond warApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Tragic losses. Lives of American soldiers lost in Iraq, 4,000. Babies in America, 50 million, since Jan. 22, 1973. John Beecken Bartlett ...
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Bush improves U.S. ties with alliesApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Saturday over a cup of coffee, an Investor's Business Daily editorial caught my eye. All that I have read in most newspapers and heard on TV and radio is that Presid...
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Stop the apathy about use of tortureApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Between 2002 and 2003, the Justice Department issued several memos from its Office of Legal Counsel that justified using the interrogation tactics, including ones accept...
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Remember: Actions have consequencesApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems to be time to welcome a new word -- consequence -- into our vocabularies. This word has been around for a long time, however. Apparently its meaning made peo...
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Use political funds for charity insteadApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I watched the American Idol aid show and I wept. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all our presidential hopefuls would simply state their qualifications and plans for their ad...
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Constable column has him laughingApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I really enjoyed Burt Constable's column about this wife's "accident." It was the first time any of his attempts at humor left anyone in stitches. Don Klemp Rolling Mea...
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Cook suburbs need to split from cityApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I agree with the person who wrote suburban Cook County needs to be separated from Chicago Cook County. We in the suburbs cannot continue to carry Chicago Cook County on...