Cook County Opinion
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Metra needs money to keep runningAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...
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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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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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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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Experience, not ads, sets behaviorAug 13, 2007 11:00 pm - The article, "Brand loyalty at age 4?" (Aug. 7) lacks critical logic. The editors of the Daily Herald obviously want flash over substance. The article's "expert" states ...
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Don't pull license when pulled overAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - In Illinois, you need a license to drive. But you also need that license to board an airplane. Or to get a marriage license. There are occasions when you must show a dri...
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Let's condemn and halt all dog fightingAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Cruel and inhumane dog fighting is flourishing and infiltrating the suburbs. The violent and immoral criminals affiliated with dog fighting are profiting through gamblin...
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Memo to NFL: Keep vests, lose logosJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - In order for our work as journalists to mean anything and to be taken seriously, we must bring to our work a number of qualities. That list is lengthy, but a short versi...