Cook County Opinion
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Cougar should've been captured aliveApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - I read that several officers pumped six rounds into this poor cougar? Can I find out how many times this animal was shot? In the paper, it said the officers were "ch...
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Tollway is living up to its poor imageApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - When the toll highway authority launched its $5.5 billion expansion plan in 2004, it was sold to the public based on a reformed image of accountability and a sleek I-PA...
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Beef has impact on the environmentApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - With all our talk about eco-friendly products and carbon blueprints, why don't we hear more from the media about a larger impact on the environment -- beef? In the U.S....
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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...