Cook County Opinion
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Prices, not costs, cramp health careJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - California is evaluating health care insurance for its residents but is concerned with the cost. Massachusetts enacted health care, but costs are limiting the extent of ...
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Thanks for helping build cancer unitJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - As chair of Elgin's Provena Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation Board, I would like to thank the generous donors who made our recent $6.8 million plus fundraising campaign ...
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Inconvenient truth is Gore energy useJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to (the letter charging) Republicans (are) jealous of Al Gore winning the Nobel peace prize. I don't think the Republicans are jealous. I think, like...
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Voters should fight costly bond issuesJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Whenever your local body of government wants to finance a project with a bond issue, guess what. It's going to cost you more! You're going to have to pay for all that in...
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Stop destruction of our countryJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - "Don't ask -- don't tell" We know what's destroying our country, but until we elect people who think like we do, the destruction will go on. NAFTA and CAFTA must be canc...
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Some thoughts about Solanki caseJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - I'll make this short and sweet. After reading the article in the Dec. 29 edition of the Herald about the woman afflicted with ALS and listening to the news about Anu Sol...
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Maybe Obama will lead us out of warJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - I kinda like Barack Obama. Still, I empathize with those who worry that he may lack the experience to be president. But consider this: When George W. Bush assumed offic...
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Don't encumber our troops' missionJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - I am continually perplexed by those who offer platitudes of support for our troops on one hand while they seek to encumber their mission in the field with the other. S...
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Work now to save Arctic animal lifeJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Sadly, the Arctic ice mass is doomed. Even if all the nations of the world immediately implemented emergency programs to curb global warming, it is probably too late to...
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Connect the dots between storiesJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - There are two news stories that Daily Herald readers ought to connect. First, The United Nations General Assembly voted for a global moratorium on the death penalty. ...