Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Thanking students for baked goodsApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - On behalf of the Dundee Park Seniors, we wish to thank teachers Jenny Schrumacher and Rick Hornberg of the Dundee Middle School and the students of the Beta Club for the...
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Kirk's compassion misses the markApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - For the reader who wrote in praising Mark Kirk for being so compassionate, I have a few questions: Where was Kirk's compassion when he voted to oppose benchmarks that wo...
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Thanks for helping out on book programApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Gowithbooks Organization Baton Rouge, which is a non-profit organization working to improve student performance in public schools by instituting systemic change, wou...
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Save cost, improve air, get out of carApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - With gasoline costing $3.40-plus per gallon, we still insist on waiting in those long lines instead of shutting off our engines and walking those extra steps. How lazy c...