Cook County Opinion
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Death of 'everybody's grandmother' a tough but essential storyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - What if you had to write the obituary on your own grandmother? With all due respect to Rose Tani's family, that's almost the situation we had in this newsroom when the n...
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Melt guns down, hold a bake saleDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - I cannot believe Carpentersville's village board. Though I often disagree with Presidant Bill Sarto, I am on his side over the possible gun sales. Police departments all...
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Fuel-efficiency goal is national disgraceDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - What a disgrace for Congress to mandate a fleet fuel efficiency of 35 mpg by 2020. Do they know that there already are cars that offer higher efficiencies than that? Thi...
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Sharpton's threat to Olympic bidDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The Rev. Al Sharpton has threatened to lobby worldwide against Chicago's application to host the 2016 Olympics unless the city complies with his list of actions to thwar...
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Blagojevich acts as 'imperial governorDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Governor Blagojevich's flagrant use of taxpayer-owned aircraft for non-business purposes evokes all kinds of thoughts. First, how tone deaf can someone be to the mood o...
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Crack down on lead paint scandalDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Lead paint and glass shards are a horror. How ironic that we should be discussing this danger as urgent days before Christmas, which is children's day with new toys. But...
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The quandary of waterboardingDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Before Congress and/or the U.S. public makes a decision on waterboarding and other forms of interrogation of terrorists that the Bush administration has said is necessar...
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We're destroying Santa's Toy ShopDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - In an age where money means almost everything and status nearly that, what have we wrought on our future generations? In a time when virtual prurient political pursuits...
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Thanks go out to good SamaritanDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - This letter is to thank the good Samaritan who took the time to leave a note on our car while we were shopping at the Jewel in Buffalo Grove, telling us that our left fr...
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Lawbreakers whine about feeling hurtDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - I am responding to the Dec. 14 article about how Hispanics feel hurt about tougher immigration laws. I am a U.S.-born citizen and I strongly feel if you are in this coun...