Cook County Opinion
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Support local effort to bring troops homeOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice spoke before the Elgin City Council on Oct. 10, asking it to pass a resolution calling for all U.S. troops to be brought home fro...
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Democrats wrong about Bush tax cutsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The Congressional Budget Office reports that the federal deficit for fiscal 2007 fell 35 percent. Since 2004 the deficit has fallen by $251 billion -- the most in any ...
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The only goal is to save innocent livesOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Pro-life individuals, including me, understand the atrocity of abortion. Pro-life individuals know that an abortion kills an innocent human being. The life that is termi...
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Some Christians try to deny rightsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Some Christian groups have been denying "rights" to others for quite a while, yet Cindy Gray's recent letter to the Daily Herald decrying an atheist's recent victory doe...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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Get tougher on dog owners, not breedsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Amy Mack's column Oct. 19 today hit the nail on the head when she addressed the issue of inadequate animal control laws. My wife and I owned and trained Rottweilers for...
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Can't Democrats do better than this?Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Barack Hussein Obama is a youngster in a grown-up world; he has no experience that entitles him to be the president of the United States. His gaffes on foreign and socia...
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Limbaugh finally held accountableOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Rush Limbaugh has finally been held accountable for a statement made on his talk show; namely, that the military who have been critical of the handling of the war in Ira...
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Adoption is not always a great ideaOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the abortion debate, respect for quality of life and others individuals' points of view apparently are being ignored. As it stands, abortion is legal, as well it shou...
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Governor correct on required silenceOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Thank you for your Oct. 12 editorial, "'Silence' law is simply unnecessary." This editorial contained the truth that Gov. Blagojevich recognized, but which the legislatu...