Cook County Opinion
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It's time to embrace the metric systemOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Going metric will make life easier and less expensive for future generations. It is time to give up the eighths and sixteenths and use fractions that fit on our calculat...
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Public option is the only optionOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - We now know what the Republican plan is for health care reform. In his only town hall meeting, Eric Cantor, Republican Congressman and Republican Party Leader gave us th...
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Some things to add to health care debateOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - With so much controversy over health care it is surprisingly difficult to find a condensed list of specific changes and claims being discussed in congress. Compared to o...
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Road planners don't talk to one anotherOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Apparently the administrators of the local public works departments, the county highway commission and IDOT don't realize there is this invention out there called a tele...
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We must provide health care for allOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - As a nurse, mother and daughter of elderly parents, I am appalled at our health care system. The current system is fragmented and works only for the Insurance companies...
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Gurnee memorial effort must continueOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing in support of the regional Iraq/Afghanistan War Memorial to be constructed by the Heroes of Freedom Committee of the PFC Geoffrey Morris Foundation. I have ...
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Obama is making poverty a way of lifeOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The Heritage Foundation says that the Obama administration "will spend more on welfare in a single year than President George W. Bush spent on the war in Iraq during his...
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Kudos to Arlington for its ash borer planOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - It was only a matter of time before the Emerald Ash Borer arrived in Arlington Heights ("Emerald ash borer turns up in Arlington Heights," Oct. 8). But like so many pest...
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Had enough of the 'Lisa Show' in BGOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Since when did the Village of Buffalo Grove board meetings become "The Lisa Show"? Since I began tuning into the televised meetings this summer I've come away with the ...
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Protests sound like dirty tricksOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - As I see the current Republican organized protests against health care reform and the financial stimulus packages and the legitimacy of Obama's birth, I'm reminded of th...