Cook County Opinion
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Editorial: Taking full advantage of a 'teaching moment'Apr 21, 2018 2:00 pm - Nathan Etter had two memorable teaching moments recently. The first was on Valentine's Day when the music teacher at Prairie View Grade School in Elgin had a brief, impr...
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Mariano's showed their big heartsApr 19, 2018 1:00 am - A big thank you, to Mariano's on West Golf Road in Hoffman Estates, from Church of the Cross. This past month the staff of Mariano's helped Church of the Cross provide 4...
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Editorial: Arlington Heights proposal a good step toward more walkable, bikeable suburbsApr 18, 2018 11:00 pm - If "Footloose" actor Kevin Bacon can't walk across Arlington Heights Road, who can? To hear Village Manager Randy Recklaus tell it, Bacon has a difficult time dodging tr...
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Carbon tax can help protect our legacyApr 17, 2018 1:00 am - What is most important? This is a debatable question, but most people agree one answer is to make the world a better place for our children. As Earth Day approaches, it ...
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Primary voting shenanigans?Apr 11, 2018 1:00 am - If I were a Jeanne Ives supporter and a conspiracy theorist ... Consider: Gov. Bruce Rauner is in a surprisingly tight race with conservative challenger Ives for the GO...
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Tweets on DACA contradict ScriptureApr 10, 2018 1:00 am - We have just experienced two holy periods in Judeo-Christian theology (Passover and Easter). President Donald Trump wished Americans a Happy Easter. An hour later he bro...
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Editorial: New U-46 student trauma training important tool for teachersApr 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Imagine a child whose life is marked by daily trauma caused by poverty, abuse, neglect, divorce, mental illness or the loss of a parent. Now imagine how difficult it wou...
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Beware tyranny from the 'radical left'Apr 07, 2018 1:00 am - In response to James A. McCormick's letter calling the conservatives in America Nazis, I truly believe that the “extreme radical left” has done its job convincing James ...
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Our trying timesApr 07, 2018 1:00 am - If only the news media could learn to lay off all those presidential tweets and find more creative ways to fill the entertainment void that would inevitably follow. Anyt...
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Take a stand to stop bullyingApr 07, 2018 1:00 am - So much emphasis is given to eating right and working out that we forget that mental health is equally important to wellness as physical health and perhaps even more so ...