Cook County Opinion
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Wouldn't Betty Loren-Maltese Memorial Tollway be more apt?Sep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - You wouldn't name the Brookfield Zoo after Michael Vick, the official canine exterminator of the NFL. O'Hare International Airport isn't going to be renamed for the mayo...
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Daily Herald wrong about home pricesSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - As I read the newspaper on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 1, I nearly choked on my coffee as I read the headline, "Home prices on rise". I thought to myself, you have go...
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Low birth rate a nation's undoingSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - I look forward to reading more about the current trend toward childless families in the United States. Your recent article uncovered only the tip of the iceberg and I as...
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Will council video add understanding or more clutter?Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - While many a public body would prefer to conduct public business without that bothersome public in attendance, some do understand how representative government is suppos...
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Stossel tells the real story on health careSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Excellent 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 proposal. ...
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Soapbox: Get tribute to fallen soldier doneSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - In the course of reporting the effort to get a Warrenville post office renamed for Jeffrey Allen Williams a number of points became apparent. First, Williams died for h...
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Soapbox: Above and beyondSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Sure, this is what they get paid to do, and they presumably knew what they were getting into when they applied for the jobs. Nonetheless, special thanks are in order to...
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Do Democrats want U.S. to lose in Iraq?Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Dingy Harry Reid, Sens. Levin, Obama, Clinton, Dodd, Durbin and on and on, Rep. Pelosi and on and on say the surge is a failure: xyz province is lost, the war is lost, e...
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Real drug enemy is user, not producerSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The headline of your Aug. 12 editorial, "Unglamorous coke fight still a worthy one," was incomplete. It should have continued, "but not using the weapons we are currentl...
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Soapbox: You want it, you pay for itSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Charles school district teachers, and we assume a fair number of parents, are looking for each school to get air conditioning. Seems like a great idea during a hot w...