Cook County Opinion
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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...
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It's time to chop down the tax treeApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - It is time for the State of Illinois, Cook County and all taxing bodies to tighten their belts and stop raising taxes and fees. The taxpaying public has been conservin...
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Saturday Soapbox: End of an era at CLCApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The Richard Fonte era at College of Lake County is over, and not a moment too soon. Fonte was hired as the college president in December 2006, but lasted only six months...
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Saturday Soapbox: 75 percent of life ust showing upApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Whoever said that might have had Todd Stroger in mind. At Palatine's request, the Cook County Board president has agreed to come to Harper College on April 30 to defend ...
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More opinion than fact in Isikoff storyApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Like all other mainstream media outlets, the Daily Herald has begun mixing news with opinion. On March 31, it included a story by Michael Isikoff of Newsweek. This is ...
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Public employees pensions enviableApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm getting sick of all the whining over the pensions for people on the public payroll. I would love to have retired at 80 percent of my last paycheck. Instead, my "gen...
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Nation's woes fault of few rigging gameApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years and wrote one of the best articles on the woes of this country and those responsible. Guess who? They are a very small ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fire chief's sudden departureApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The sudden departure of John Wu as Naperville's fire chief raises all sorts of questions this week as to exactly what happened and why. Rumors, of course, are flying all...
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Why do men feel so easily threatened?Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - When will anyone admit that men like to keep women down? I think when they say it's a mans world, it's because men like to keep it this way. Gosh forbid, a woman should...