Cook County Opinion
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Working moms need child-care assistanceDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Employers need to offer assistance for child care to full-time working mothers. As a single mother myself, I understand the frustration of not having decent, affordable ...
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Fund transit with more pay-as-you-useDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - It is a crying shame that our state and local legislators feel the only way to bail out mass transit in the six collar counties and the city of Chicago is to do it throu...
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Bad idea to insult parents' intelligence; talk reality, not policyDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - There's one truth about parents. They tend to focus on their own kids to the exclusion of almost anything else. That's why I've always thought it unwise for schools to s...
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Why do some force beliefs on others?Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Ms. Benedetto, in her reference to the Bible, has brought two thoughts to mind. First, nowhere in Genesis Chapter 9 had God said he condones abortion. Second, the way sh...
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U-46 students need more time in gymDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - In order to prevent the rise of child obesity, physical education should be a mandatory class for 45 minutes each day in U-46 schools. Physical education will improve st...
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Public schools don't teach atheismDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Public schools are not atheistic as Teri Paulson believes (Fence Post, Dec. 3) but are meant to be academic institutions that represent the best scientific and humanisti...
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Soapbox: Bridge of sighsDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Batavia's downtown bridge won't be completed by Dec. 14. It might not even be done in January if the weather is too cold. Worse yet, the westbound lanes that are complet...
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Soapbox: Ready, set, goDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Holiday shoppers around Algonquin, Lake in the Hills and Huntley will no doubt think Santa arrived several weeks early when officials open a long-awaited four-lane stret...
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Gobbledygook letter IDs the big problemDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for publishing the Nov. 26 letter from an ex-school principal that made it obvious to all why our children are doing poorly in...
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Soapbox: On unsafe groundDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - O'Hare may have a leg up in the safety game thanks to a new ground radar system, one of only 10 in the nation, but a scathing U.S. General Accounting Office report to Co...