Cook County Opinion
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What's wrong with being out of reach?Feb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The problem with theses cell-phone devices is how engineers have made them difficult to turn off. The wonderful "off" button. Why is it that more people do not utilize i...
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The forgotten war in AfghanistanFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - So the U.S. is now going to send 3,200 additional Marines to Afghanistan. How wonderful that this other grandiose adventure by Bush is in need of another "surge." Bu...
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Democracy existed before ChristianityFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - In a recent letter to the editor, the writer asserts, "Democracy can't exist without the underpinning of Christianity because it is an offshoot of the belief that all pe...
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Dist. 300 fails kids, disregards residentsFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Recently, I again witnessed the arrogant incompetence of the District 300 school board in action. By voting to approve Boundary Proposal 3, the board failed many of the ...
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DuPage County primary election endorsementsFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - This is a summary of the editorial board's primary recommendations. National Democrats President: Barack Obama U.S. House: 6th -- Jill Morgenthaler 8th -- Melissa Bean ...
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Foreign aid vital to America's interestsFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - In response to Don Mares, "Why do we give so much foreign aid?" As members of the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign, we would like to point out that the International Affa...
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And how much is an old shirt worth?Feb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - And how much is an old shirt worth? Sixty-thousand dollars for a pair of 115-year-old jeans. Wow! You can bet some teenager will proudly wear them to school if the knee...
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Free senior transit plan isn't workableFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - How can bus drivers drive busses, collect fares and then check IDs of people calling themselves seniors? Also this benefit would be a bonanza for people making fake dri...
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What, by the way, is color of the sky?Feb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Thank you, Daily Herald, for using your front page space to inform us of the freezing point of water. Believe it or not, we didn't need "experts" to tell us what happe...
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Thank you, dear Good SamaritansFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: I am writing to send a note of thanks to the young lady, Cathy (I do not know her last name) and her friend who stopped to help me, when I was recently st...