Cook County Opinion
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Evolution isn't really scientific, eitherSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - I have read some letters questioning Lisa Szatkowski's beating a dead horse in her Sept. 17 letter because she does advocate the teaching of creationism in the public sc...
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Planning can put an end to abortionSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - As a pro-choice advocate I support Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area, and I am glad they are opening a new, full-service health facility in Aurora. It is a fact that abort...
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Character and principle countSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - What's more important: principle or "electability"? A TV journalist asked this question recently prior to another town hall-based Democratic political debate he would be...
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What is happening to our values?Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - I have never been so disgusted with an ad in the Daily Herald like the one printed on Sept. 16, page 17. How could churches believing in God endorse a clinic that perfor...
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Stossel tells the real story on health careSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Excellent recent column by John Stossel on the U.S. health care system, showing how the left-wing socialists are creating numbers to support Hillary's failed medical pro...
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It's not a matter of what's legalSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - This is in response to Sunday Fence Post letters by Valerie Ivanoff and Susan Schafer. Both make the argument that one cannot compare the Vick dog-fighting crimes to abo...
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Governor isn't good for businessSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Wall Street Journal, Sept. 10, 2007, page A2: "Drops in Housing, Autos Pinch Midwest". Further evidence that Gov. Blagojevich is completely misguided in his assault on I...
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Fifty years later, irony and reflectionSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, the Little Rock Nine participated in a 50th anniversary celebration of the court-ordered 1957 integration of Central High School over the objection of the Ar...
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Leaf-burning ban a healthful necessitySep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - 's apparent the East Dundee residents who are against a proposed ban on leaf burning do not have any friends or relatives who have breathing problems. If they did...
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Story did not merit the front pageSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Does the complaining of a 14-year-old child really warrant a banner headline in the Daily Herald? Not as far as I'm concerned. Why do you insist on feeding the egos of m...