Cook County Opinion
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Names may change, but embarrassing outcome never doesApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Image is a lot like a rumor. Somewhere it has a basis in fact. Fact then often skewed to excess, but fact at its heart nonetheless. Nowhere has that been more true than...
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Gangs, not guns, root of violenceApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Daley and other civic leaders constantly focus on legislative action to ban guns as a solution to the surge in youth violence we are currently experiencing. Howeve...
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Killings show gun bans don't workApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Another anti-gun rally is heavily covered by the media, but when gun owners band together at the state capitol, the media largely ignores it. The media bias is clear. I...
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Ultimately, public must clean up messApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again we hear about our friend Todd Stroger, Cook County Board president, who just gave his cousin a 12 percent raise. His cousin's battle cry before the election ...
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Put more emphasis on flood controlApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Is there anyone in the suburbs who isn't ready for spring weather to arrive? Well, maybe. People living near the overflowing Chain O' Lakes and the Fox and Des Plaines r...
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Make a difference to pets in perilApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you for investigating and reporting a heartbreaking story ("Life and Death"), but most importantly, a true one. There are so many things as citizens that we can do...
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A cutting satire on gun controlApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - With the recent tragic and preventable stabbing in an Arizona mall, our lawmakers must act immediately and prohibit the sale and private ownership of knives. Knives mu...
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Learn more about homeless animalsApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you for the series highlighting the burgeoning problem of unwanted pets and the dedicated people who try to save as many as possible. Readers who want to learn mor...
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The real cost of wars in the MideastApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - With the war in Iraq and Afghanistan entering its sixth year and surveys revealing 20 percent of the population do not realize that over 4,000 of our armed forces have l...
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Saturday Soapbox: Homing inApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Potential adopters don't have to pay an adoption fee and adoptees don't have to submit to a bunch of inoculations, but the annual Adopt-a-Cougar program is all about fin...