Cook County Opinion
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Jack Bauer and Smokey the horse jump through hoopsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - My last column about dogs chronicled the gut-wrenching decision last fall to put to sleep our 13-year-old Boston terrier, Fudge. The upside of losing a dog, I guess, is ...
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Fight vs. racism still too lonely a pathApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Before leaving home this morning I discussed with my wife a recent incident in which my daughter was the victim of racial discrimination. It was a difficult conversation...
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Too little concern for our lost creaturesApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading the article about the Franklin County animal shelter fire, I have to say this situation reinforces the need for caretakers on the property of all shelters ...
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McCain recognizes danger of terroristsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The two potential Democratic presidential nominees have the same political and social views as would be expected from activist liberals. In Obama's defense, he is a pied...
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How dare they make money?Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The Democrats in Congress have worked themselves into a fury about what they claim are excessive profits of Exxon/Mobil, et. al. I wonder what the Democrats consider ac...
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Only CN benefits from EJ&E dealApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National's CEO, Hunter Harrison, is sticking with his story -- or not. First, he said his opponents were stupid, too dumb to see the value of 30-plus freight tr...
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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...