Cook County Opinion
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Durbin law lacks 'common sense'Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Recently, Senator Dick Durbin announced a new "common sense" gun law that changes how law enforcement will monitor criminals. A lot of politicians tell us that to be sa...
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War will leave Iraq a much better placeDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - We have been at war with Saddam Hussein for 16 years with U.N. approval and our Congress because he invaded Kuwait and would have gone into Saudi Arabia for complete con...
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Be careful about holiday spendingDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Now is the time that every "worthy?" cause, and every retail/discount store is ramping up to squeeze the last possible dollar out of each American before the last note o...
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Let's eliminate 'Black Friday' salesDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Lines began forming at about 10 p.m. Thanksgiving evening. By the time the doors opened at 7 or 8 a.m., there were already about 300 people waiting to get the best deals...
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Here's the reality of a fixed incomeDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - This is for teachers and others concerned about their modestly rising benefit contributions and supposedly insufficient pay. Here is a direct quote from the benefits cen...
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BG mayor urges support of ObamaDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Though there are many good and capable people seeking to lead our nation in the current presidential field, good and capable is not good enough. The times dictate that w...
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Torture won't end with foreign POWsDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - America's legislators have given its leaders tacit permission to flout accepted international law by torturing foreign prisoners. Once they have crossed that line, those...
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Bush behaves like petulant boy-kingDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - I have just heard our president criticize the Congress for its inability to pass legislation which he wants. The president is supposed to be the leader of the American p...
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Hannah Montana fad is sickeningDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - I must be the only parent of preteen girls on the planet who is sickened by the Hannah Montana phenomenon. I am not impressed at how Billy Ray Cyrus has chosen to resurr...
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Streamwood owes Hyde many thanksDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - On behalf of the Village of Streamwood, I would like to thank Congressman Henry Hyde for his service to this area and for assisting then Hanover Park Village President S...