Opinion Stories from December 6, 2015 (Change date)
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Is fretting the new normal?Dec 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Why all the excitement about the Syrian refugees? I sent a letter to my congressman (Kirk) asking who are these people pouring over our Mexican border? How many are men,...
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Editorial: 'Managed lanes' worth a cautious look, but many questions remainDec 07, 2015 9:24 pm - The Illinois Department of Transportation says it has two years to decide whether to use some form of the "managed-lane" concept to help justify or even pay for the addi...
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Forest preserve shows 'dump' mentalityDec 07, 2015 12:25 pm - Why would the Lake County Forest Preserve spend a $10 million small fortune for 337 acres of farmland bereft of all natural resources? Farm fields retain the absolute ...
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Irrational fear leads to transgender biasDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - All discrimination stems from lack of education and irrational fear, and I believe this was clearly the case in District 211 denying a young woman the basic right of inc...
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Taking stock of a weird race for presidentDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - A Presidential election year without an incumbent running for a second term often produces unusual and even strange politics, but the upcoming 2016 campaign may top the ...
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Finding the blame in McDonald caseDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has to be removed. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was obviously a scapegoat. The protesters got it wrong. He w...
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America still has far to go on raceDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - The Daily Herald is to be congratulated on its thought-provoking and timely editorial Nov. 27 on the shooting death of Laquan McDonald by the Chicago police in 2014. ...
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Union dues, fair share fees are differentDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - Your recent story about Lincolnshire's consideration of a so called right-to-work zone suggests that "automatically deducting union dues from workers' paychecks" is unfa...
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Tell Dist. 214 to stop levy hikesDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - The District 214 school board is voting on its final approval for a tax levy increase of 1.8 percent at the Dec. 10 meeting. When is this going to stop? The taxpayers a...
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