Cook County Opinion
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Soapbox: The new Randhurst; what's bugging you?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The Randhurst Shopping Center has been such an integral part of the Northwest suburbs for decades. Here's hoping that plans to build it anew as Randhurst Village are suc...
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On Texan leaders, inept bureaucraciesAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - We have had two presidents from Texas in recent history. Lyndon Baines Johnson had us embroiled in a no-win war in Vietnam. As the death toll rose and the sentiment on t...
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Soapbox: Sickening swims; benefits of publicity?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Anybody but us think it shouldn't take an Illinois Department of Public Health warning to know it isn't wise to let pets cavort in human swimming pools? Yet some pet lov...
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Macy's run of bad luck is no surpriseAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Sales off at the downtown store. Salespersons' commissions being cut. Buyouts. Lake Forest store closing. Food court in violation of cleanliness. Jumper from a balcony. ...
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Lies produced spills of differing importAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Generally, I'm not a fan of letters to the editor that are responses to someone else's response to someone else's letter, but I just couldn't let the Aug. 8 letter from ...
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Obama's plan sure is reassuring, right?Aug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Well now, it is good to know that our presumptive new commander in chief, Sen. Barack Obama, is prepared to send American troops into Pakistan to suppress terrorists. Be...
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Jones acting like a politician at the end of his runAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - If this year's legislative session is any indication, Democratic Senate President Emil Jones Jr. appears like a politician at the end of his run. The old-school lawmaker...
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Wanted by disillusioned public: leadersAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - While candidates and pundits wonder endlessly if a presidential wannabe is black enough or woman enough, too Mormon, too liberal or too conservative, voters and taxpaye...
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It is about money, and using it on kidsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - It is about money, and using it on kids "It's not about the money." Those are words of District 303's new superintendent. Let's hope that's not an indication of his per...
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Return to simple method of taxationAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The first income tax law was enacted in 1862 to support the Civil War. Taxes were collected at various rates, according to a person's income. The system was very simple....