Cook County Opinion
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'Highly paid' label simplistic, inaccurateNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - I was disappointed to read the article in Sunday's newspaper claiming that teachers are "highly paid." The article based that statement on estimations of average salarie...
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Taylor's story is a gift to readersNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald is my hero today. Your decision to run Taylor Radtke's story on the first page and keep it in front of the public each day, resulted in giving the girl ...
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Teachers, simply consider the sourceNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Teachers, take courage. I do not believe, nor do I think anything like a majority believes, the blather recently published in our local newspaper. They exist to sell pap...
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Group offers lots of help to new momsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - In reply to the recent Fence Post letter written by Anne Ahrens in which she states, "I have not heard of any pro-life organization helping a mother after she has demurr...
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More gambling is not the solutionNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - It greatly saddens me to see many Republican Party leaders and elected officials collaborating with Democrats in the latest state capital proposal. Once again we're told...
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Teachers, simply consider the sourceNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Teachers, take courage. I do not believe, nor do I think anything like a majority believes, the blather recently published in our local newspaper. They exist to sell pap...
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Teachers earn the pay they are gettingOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Every so often the topic of teacher pay arises. Teachers have been struggling to get a fair wage for decades. Districts are finally coming up with salaries that attract ...
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Teachers maligned for no good reasonOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - According to recent media coverage, our public schools are ineffective and the teachers who teach in them are overpaid, under-worked, uncaring or incompetent. I am a Sch...
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Health care debate has easy answerOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - There has been much political debate over the need a national health care plan that will cover and care for people residing in this great nation. I for one agree. Furthe...
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No one is forced to have an abortionOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - This is in response to Mr. James Finnegan's take on Roe vs. Wade being overturned. Its amazing how some ideas can become so twisted. Like Mr. Finnegan's story on the wom...