Cook County Opinion
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Column for a bird cageOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - I don't have a bird cage, but I almost went out and bought one just so I could put her editorial of Oct. 18, "Is there hope for conservative re-tooling after Trump?," in...
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There may be no 'fix' for gun violenceOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - After one absorbs the shock and horror of the Las Vegas mass shooting, the significant question is "What is the fix?" An answer is critical because the shooter's method...
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District 15 school board treating support staff unfairlyOct 23, 2017 5:00 am - The injunction approved by Judge Neil Cohen is not only unprecedented but disenfranchises the union and divides it. The ruling makes the nurses and one on one program as...
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Employees should contribute to own retirement costsOct 23, 2017 5:00 am - In the Oct. 13 Daily Herald there is an article titled, "District 57 officials outline case for tax increase." In it assistant superintendent for finance and operations ...
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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 ...