Letters to the Editor
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Ultimately, public must clean up messApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again we hear about our friend Todd Stroger, Cook County Board president, who just gave his cousin a 12 percent raise. His cousin's battle cry before the election ...
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'Boy in Cookie Jar' forced to moveApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Maurice Lenell Cookie Company, a family owned institution famed for its "Boy in the Cookie Jar" logo, is being forced to consider relocating to Mexico due to labor costs...
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Rules to follow on politics in churchApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - As our T V screens show clips of pastors speaking and even shouting their views on politics, as we see politicians visiting mostly liberal churches to campaign, and as w...
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Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injuryApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Democrats on Capitol Hill want $400 billion to back problem loans, said a March 30 story. Greed by some in the mortgage industry has brought the house down. They gambled...
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Nuclear repeal plan a bad ideaApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - It's fitting that state Rep. JoAnn Osmond (61st District, Antioch) picked April 1st to introduce an amendment to the Public Utilities Act repealing the moratorium on new...
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Make a difference to pets in perilApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you for investigating and reporting a heartbreaking story ("Life and Death"), but most importantly, a true one. There are so many things as citizens that we can do...
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A cutting satire on gun controlApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - With the recent tragic and preventable stabbing in an Arizona mall, our lawmakers must act immediately and prohibit the sale and private ownership of knives. Knives mu...
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Learn more about homeless animalsApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you for the series highlighting the burgeoning problem of unwanted pets and the dedicated people who try to save as many as possible. Readers who want to learn mor...
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The real cost of wars in the MideastApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - With the war in Iraq and Afghanistan entering its sixth year and surveys revealing 20 percent of the population do not realize that over 4,000 of our armed forces have l...
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Don't go wrong by betting on U.S. GIsApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - In his book "Making the Corps," former Wall Street Journal correspondent Thomas E. Ricks describes a night patrol he went on in Somalia led by a young Marine. "As we wal...