Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Where's Pentagon's support for troops?Dec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - We have all read about how well our government is handling our involvement in Iraq -- specifically regarding our soldiers and Marines. They were sent there ill equipped....
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Bulls fan says, Paxson should goDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - I've been a Bulls fan ever since Red Kerr coached them. All I can say is, Paxson must go. Scott Skiles deserves better. The only redemption I see now, is giving Norm Van...
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Despite denials, we engage in tortureDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Rendition: The CIA (or who knows who) takes a guy who has been convicted of no crime, and manhandles the detainee and strips him naked. He is then drugged with supposito...
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It's really, 'Mirror mirror on the wall'Dec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Can you stand tall, can you stay focused? In a world of turmoil, can you inject maturity in balance with precious innocence? Will you pass the rigors of impatience and c...
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A different view on Obama's candidacyDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - The village president of Buffalo Grove's recent fencepost letter supporting Barack Obama needs a reality check. He said Obama is "that special kind of leader who can bri...