Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Stick those TV ads where, um ….Dec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - As of late, almost every television station is airing an ad that reminds us that as of January 1st, Illinois will be smoke free. This ad (which touts the loss of persona...
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Eight-year sentence for three lost livesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - I am writing in response to the article about a woman sentenced to eight years for a crash that killed three rock musicians. The woman was a former model named Jeannette...
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...
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'Bad' intelligence a too-familiar refrainDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - 'Bad' intelligence a too-familiar refrain There is recent news regarding our intelligence failures, oh, I mean disclosures. Apparently our intelligence operation is mor...
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Medical suit reform must stay in placeDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Like all physicians in DuPage County and the rest of Illinois, I was frustrated to learn that Cook County circuit court Judge Diane Larsen decided the medical lawsuit re...
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Water belongs to all of us on the ChainDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - After reading Don Barringer's letter published Dec. 5 in favor of a speed limit on the Chain, I feel compelled to clarify some simple facts. I'm a fifth-generation boate...