Cook County Opinion
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LHS 'Pirates' was a musical winnerApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Years ago in western Massachusetts, I saw "Cinderella" performed by high school students. It was so entertaining, I still think about it. Hollywood stars could not have ...
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God helps those who aid themselvesApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Re: Your Poverty in the Suburbs story -- Trayce Davis is going from minimum wage job to the same, part-time job hopping and she has no high school diploma. OK, then I s...
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Whose economy do our rebates help?Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Happy days are here again! Uncle George W. is giving us a gift of free money. All that is requested of us is to spend this free gift in the United States to boost our ec...
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Iraq war linked to our economic woesApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A trio of $600 big bills shared the front page of the April 9 Daily Herald with the Petraeus report. This is logical because the two stories are closely related. The e...
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Property taxes add to mortgage crisisApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been written recently about rising home mortgages in the face of the credit crisis and adjustable rate mortgages and the like. But overlooked in the discussion ...
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Will we ever end state corruption?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I am appalled at the recent testimony and ongoing trial of Mr. Rezko. It seems that in Illinois politics, you can change the person, you can change the party yet you st...
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Help us celebrate early learning effortsApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the senior vice president of Elgin Day Care Center, a program of Kids Hope United, I have witnessed just how important early-learning programs are. Children who atte...
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End anxious wait for life-saving organApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - When you are 13 years old, you should be waiting for the next great thing to happen. A fun get-together with friends or family. Praise from a teacher, or coach, for a jo...
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Obama's support of Stroger disturbingApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - More disturbing to me than Obama's ties to Rev. Wright were his actions at the election eve rally for Todd Stroger in 2006. At the time, Obama was not an announced cand...
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Why are Illinois' roads so bad?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A recent front-page Herald article entitled "Roadwork" triggers some observations regarding our travels between northwest suburbia and Florida's gulf coast. Of all the ...