Cook County Opinion
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Democrats must be getting desperateNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Could the Democrats in Congress be tying to start a war with Turkey, to cover up the recent Iraq victories and their plummeting approval ratings 11 percent, about one-th...
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Soapbox: Round-the-clock heroesNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Whatever it is that firefighters are paid, it probably isn't enough. How do you put a value on what these folks do, even when they're off duty? When an early morning hou...
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There's no place for hired gunsNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Everyone has relatives, and, therefore, no matter what you do, someone will try to stick up for you. That shouldn't blind us to the fact that the job the Blackwater comp...
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Social Security assertions untrueNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Recently the Fence Post printed a letter in reference to Social Security. Unfortunately, the letter was not the author's original opinion, but copied word for word from ...
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Kirk leads in fight against terrorismNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - With presidential, senatorial and congressional elections all occurring in 2008, we must not forget our No. 1 national security issue: terrorism. Congressman Mark Kirk i...
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Soapbox: Big Pay, No Work IINov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - It's bad enough a spineless Elgin Area School District U-46 school board obligated Elgin taxpayers to bankroll Connie Neale's lavish retirement in Missouri. But this wee...
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Soapbox: 'The marching band refused to yield'Nov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Mr. Schraft was not famous. Yet he was a paean to music, education and his profession. He was revered by hundreds of budding musicians, colleagues and his community. Mr....
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Soapbox: We need to listenNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Here's a salute to the League of Women's Voters/Palatine Area for its Veterans Day luncheon last week in Schaumburg. It was there that the League honored women in the mi...
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Soapbox: Still doesn't get itNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Isn't it a sad thing that when an Illinois politician is sent off to serve his prison sentence, as former Gov. George Ryan was this week, there's a ready supply of ex-co...
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Liberals not always free speech backersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Liberals love to define themselves as staunch supporters of the First Amendment. They claim they may not agree with what you have to say but they will defend to the deat...