Cook County Opinion
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Not comfortable without District 15 support staffOct 23, 2017 5:00 am - My daughter came home with a scratch on her face yesterday, blood drawn. A boy was playing rough at recess. She did not feel comfortable asking the parents on the playgr...
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Taking a deeper look at tax numbersOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - The Oct. 18 column by Walter E. Williams asserts that a mere 1.7 million Americans, less than 1 percent of our population, are paying 70.6 percent of our federal income ...
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Remember which party profits from gunsOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - As everyone who reads the Daily Herald knows, there was a protest Oct. 13 while the Lake County Republicans were holding their second annual gun raffle, which included a...
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Thanks for great seasonOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - Congratulations Dodgers! You deserve the NL Conference banner. Keep the World Series trophy in the NL. I am a generation-to-generation loyal fan of the Chicago Cubs. I w...
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Beholden to the NRA or afraid of it?Oct 23, 2017 12:01 am - The U.S. has again beat its own record. Not in the Olympics or the Dow Jones, but in the number of dead in a mass shooting. Every time these horrific acts occur they ar...
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Governor Walker's Foxconn giveawayOct 23, 2017 12:01 am - Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the governor elected by the Koch Bros who decimated unions and underfunded education, now wants to abandon real conservative ...
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Ship USA is sinkingOct 22, 2017 1:00 am - So now Donald Trump is bringing up 40-year-old incidents to justify ending the Iran nuclear deal. He talks about Iranian aggression in the Middle East. Gee! Who caused a...
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Medicare penalty is unfair to seniorsOct 22, 2017 1:00 am - My wife and I are senior citizens, and we are writing to protest the penalty assessed to senior citizens who did not enroll in Medicare Part D initially. In August 2003...
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Editorial: Mayor Craig Johnson's proposed cigarette sales ban merits studyOct 21, 2017 2:00 pm - Some of us have been around long enough to remember when suburbs like Evanston, Oak Park and Wheaton were dry. Did it stop people from drinking? Well, to be sure, it did...
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Right message, wrong meansOct 21, 2017 1:00 am - I strongly agree with protests against racially discriminatory practices and police abuse of anyone. I cannot agree with the NFL players' means of protest. Kneeling was ...