Cook County Opinion
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Dual language teaching flawedDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - In his column Dec. 9, Ruben Navarrette attempts to make a case for dual language, English and Spanish in our schools. Mr. Navarrette states that English-only laws are di...
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Thanks for lesson in true holiday spiritDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Many thanks to the people at Chili's in South Elgin for making our Christmas so special. Your sincere gestures from the heart allowed our kids to enjoy Christmas when we...
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Re-learning hard lesson that creation is almost always messyDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Creation is a messy business. Just ask the guy who strikes out on his own after dying a little each day in cubicle world. Or a mother delivering a baby. Or those who hop...
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Experienced Lauzen his man in the 14thDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - State. Sen. Chris Lauzen is the best possible choice to represent the 14th U.S. House District of Illinois. He is an experienced legislator with a proven record of fisca...
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Debate should have included KucinichDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - The only presidential candidate whose actions consistently demonstrate the truth of his words was absent from the Dec. 13 debate. The debate sponsor, Des Moines Register...
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Big spenders can be found in both partiesDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - There is good and bad news from Washington. The good news is now that Democrats control the Congress and President Bush has found his long-lost veto pen and now wants Co...
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Public system still the best for schoolsDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - My father began his teaching career in a small town high school in Iowa. He had the school's football team in his English class and when they didn't do any work, he gave...
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Stevenson threat shouldn't go to trialDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - If Assistant State's Attorney Rod Drobinski persists in prosecuting Jeremie Dalin, 17, and Dalin is sentenced to 15 years in prison upon his conviction for making a terr...
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Huckabee doesn't need to apologizeDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - An estimated 10,000 American hemophiliacs were infected with HIV back in the late 1970s/early 1980s via contaminated blood donated by infected homosexuals/bisexuals. Mos...
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Let's fix sights on energy, climateDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - New ideas really have to struggle to survive. Copernicus was convinced the earth went around the sun and was not the center of the universe. For this, he was placed unde...