Cook County Opinion
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Clarifying views on religion and paradesAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - It seems like everyone who responded to my letter on "Religion and Parade Don't Mix" completely misunderstood it. Yes, of course, churches do a lot of good. Who could re...
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Big insurance worse than Big OilAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Last summer during the fuel crisis when gasoline prices went to over $4 per gallon, the oil companies reported record profits and there was universal outrage in the publ...
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Try reading these instead of health billAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Before you say that you want government run health care, please have a look at the thousand-plus pages of what our elected representatives are considering in the House a...
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Experience isn't all it's cracked up to beAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald is right. Senator Matt Murphy is not ready to be governor. We need experienced politicians like George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich as leaders. Bob Lowth Ar...
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Reflections on the first 6 monthsAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Dear President Obama, July 20 marked the beginning of your seventh month as President and my seventh letter. You have a tough job but you have a great partner to support...
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Be grateful for Obama, advisersAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - "Hurrah" for Gloria Gignac's comments about former President George W. Bush. For someone who supposedly has an MBA degree, he should have recognized the looming problems...
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Saturday SoapboxAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Game over: He wanted to be governor. He wanted to be attorney general. The only thing DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett doesn't want to be is Lisa Madigan's op...
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Health insurance is no longer insuranceAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The President has stated that the intent of health-care reform proposals is not to promote a public program but to create competition. The problem is the bills also put ...
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Murphy is more prepared than ObamaAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - You have to love the "Daily Herald." First they ignore Matt Murphy by leaving his name out of a list of Republican candidates. Now, the editorial board is trying a diffe...
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Israel should honor U.S. requestAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Barack Obama has requested that Israel stop construction of a certain settlement on Palestinian land in the West Bank. In response Prime Minister Netenyahu has, in so ma...