Letters to the Editor
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Daley gun views play on emotionJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to the recent Supreme Court decision that struck down the Washington, D.C. gun ban, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley said the decision raises a return to Old West...
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The great debate over Social SecurityJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Thanks to Winfield Green for forwarding the debate over Social Security (Fence Post, June 22). The age-old question has been, should it go on as is, or should it be pri...
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What Chicago deep dish means in IraqJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - I want to publicly thank Master Sgt. (Ret.) Mark Evans and his son Kent, Lou Malnati's Pizza, DH and all the great Americans around Chicago who helped deliver a little T...
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Bob Frisk has been a classy gentlemanJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Congratulations to Mr. Bob Frisk on 50 years as a sports editor. The Herald is lucky to have a very classy gentleman like him (and Barry Rozner) on its staff. I am old ...
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Misguided views on McCain, HispanicsJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - As one of the 200 or so Hispanic Republicans who attended the Hispanic Voices Reception for McCain at the Drake Hotel in Chicago recently, I need to set the record strai...
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But Obama's just kidding, of courseJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama tells us, if elected, he will reduce taxes. This man has untapped skills as a comedian. James R. Schaefer Mount Prospect ...
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Congress looks out for needy dogsJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Congress is really giving out the pork. It is giving $188,000 to the Lobster Institute to make lobster biscuits for dogs. That money could help a lot of needy people in...
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Court dangerously wrong about gunsJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The claim by the Republican-controlled Supreme Court that there is an individual constitutional right to a gun is both wrong and dangerous. It is dangerous because scien...
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The birthday was sad for Uncle SamJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Uncle Sam is really down in the dumps on this his 232nd birthday. Born in revolution, he has seen it all:ˆ baby steps to nationhood, a bloody civil war, industrial jug...
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Nuclear energy is the wrong choiceJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - John McCain's plan to build 45 new reactors by 2030 demonstrates more about his connections to nuclear industry lobbyists than to any real concern about addressing clima...