Cook County Opinion
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Let's get back to the moral basicsOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - This is a response to the letters in support of Planned Parenthood. We wouldn't need Planned Parenthood if we would teach our daughters how to abstain from immoral relat...
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More police before a new music hallOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - The mayor and city council are exploring either revamping Hemmens Auditorium or building a new music auditorium for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and other groups. I read...
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Support troops with more than stickersOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Democrats David Obey of Wisconsin and Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania have proposed legislation which would truly allow us to support our troops and our nation in a meaningf...
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Enforcing the law is hardly racistOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - I am tired of picking up the paper or hearing news reports on TV that brand law-abiding U.S. citizens as racists because we are protesting illegal immigration and demand...
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Abortion is, and should be, legalOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - The abortion letters fly again, this time about dog-fighting vs. abortion. One of the latest letters asserts that it's about "morality, not legality." That's exactly the...
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U-46 teachers should say 'yes' to good dealOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - When Elgin School District U-46's 2,400 teachers vote by secret ballot Oct. 15 on a proposed three-year contract, we urge them to say "yes." The deal, already tentativel...
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Soapbox: Quit packing east sideOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - No doubt Elgin City Council members will point to the $275,000 to $325,000 value of the 14 homes proposed on the 3-acre former YMCA property as reason to approve such a...
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Soapbox: Impressive response; happy endingOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Nine police officers, a helicopter unit and several other Lake Zurich municipal employees searched high and low Wednesday for a 6-year-old boy reported missing from him ...
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Objection seems anti-AmericanOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - As an American citizen and a student at Buffalo Grove High School, I am outraged at your article about Dawn Sherman and her "act to make the school more secular." To me,...
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Soapbox: Just keep this in mindOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - We understand why students were offended by author Sherman Alexie's use of a racial slur, sexual innuendo and language that offended disabled students and their teachers...