Cook County Opinion
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Republicans don't make us saferApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Laurel's (Fence Post) confusion worries me. She starts her letter with the issue of water boarding suspected terrorists and that's fine with her, but as an American I fi...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Prostitution makes victims of us allApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We are often told prostitution is a victimless crime, an act between two consenting adults who enter into a verbal contract for mutual benefit. One receives sexual grat...
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When the truth the CIA tells us is a lieApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - There is an old riddle that goes "I have two coins that total 15 cents and one of them is not a nickel". The answer of course is that the other one is a nickel. So we h...
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The airlines must fix the safety messApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Why and when does a congressperson inspect an airliner? Fifty years ago, I was a maintenance captain on a jet fighter plane on an aircraft carrier. That plane was not tu...
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Our self-interests imperil democracyApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Apathy and self interest are the determinates of the survival of a democracy. At least these are the thoughts of Alexander Tyler, historian and economist, written in 177...
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Cheerleaders should be seen as athletesApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Tah, Rah, Rah! Hawk, Hawk, Hawk! W-M-S! Boom, Boom, Boom! Aaaaaaahhh!!! Wredling! Wredling! Wredling! Is this all that cheerleaders are? I believe cheerleading is a spor...
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Church consistent in respecting lifeApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - This is a response to Sheryl Jedlinski's Fence Post of March 7. I'd like to address three points: That the pope wants to plunge our country back into the Dark Ages; tha...
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We're in season of dodging pot holesApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems at this time of the year, I find myself in a kind of quandary. When a policeman sees a driver weaving from side to side, the question is: Has he been drinking ...
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Heterosexuals also victims of hate crimeApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - According to the FBI's 2006 Hate Crime statistics (2006 stats are the latest ones available), nationally there were 29 "hate crimes" attributed to "anti-heterosexual bia...