Cook County Opinion
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Lessons from KIPP Ascend SchoolJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - I decided to do a little observation at KIPP Ascend Charter School, located on the west side of Chicago. That is a low-income area, but this factor didn't stop the sta...
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GOP to blame for subprime crisisJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Banks take your money and give you interest. They are able to pay interest by finding people that they loan your money to. The interest they charge is higher than the i...
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Saturday Soap BoxJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Do something about it: Vote So voters in other states like Illinois are a little fed up with the attention shown Iowans and residents of New Hampshire? Both earn lots of...
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Brain-dead GOP gave us horrid leaderJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - I would like to respond to Emilio Marcos. We have a man in the White House who should have been impeached long ago. We have a GOP party who backs this moronic administra...
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What's so wrong with listening to another?Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - On your weather page, you have been featuring a daily news article about the coming "global warming disaster." "The Arctic is screaming," says one headline. Dead walruse...
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Limit letters to opinions pleaseJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - For some time I have noticed that not only are letters getting longer, pushing to the edges of the 500-word limit (maybe beyond that), but also, in many instances, bein...
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Gay rights cause seeks respectabilityJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Mr. Roger Fraser's tirade (Fence Post Dec. 20) excoriating the comfortable middle class of white conservatives was quite self revealing. However, Mr. Fraser obfuscates h...
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It's time for us to make a big changeJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - It's the beginning of election season and I want to remind all voters of the ineptitude of our current government. School districts, park districts, local municipalities...
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Bill Sarto should be leading the meetingsJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - I may have missed something here, and if so, I apologize! I read that Bill Sarto is accusing some board members of meeting in secret in a public place? Seems the agenda ...
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State's food help comes at key timeJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - We were delighted to read your Jan. 1 editorial regarding Illinois' new Food for Families Program. The $1 million provided by the State of Illinois arrives at a critical...