Cook County Opinion
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How about GoFundMe page for human services?Aug 12, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois will continue using its power to raise taxes even though we pay the highest overall taxes in the country. This tax burden is hurting many people. To justify the...
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Prevention is keyAug 12, 2017 1:00 am -
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Trump Jr. shouldn't fear investigationAug 12, 2017 1:00 am - On July 30 and July 31, there were three letters bemoaning the investigation of Donald Trump Jr. Why? If he is not guilty, he should have nothing to worry about. Also, w...
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Putting hopes in a god with feet of clayAug 12, 2017 12:01 am - It's about time the Evangelicals and other Christians who voted for Trump admit they've fallen into a kind of idolatry by putting their hopes in a god with clay feet, an...
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No one enforcing speed limit on I-90Aug 12, 2017 12:01 am - I must tell you that I nearly choked on my morning coffee when I read the Daily Herald headline that said, "Tollway Wants Higher Speeds on I-90." Anyone who drives I-90 ...
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Editorial: Venue for Elgin's special budget meetings a blow to transparencyAug 11, 2017 1:00 am - Transparency can't be a sometimes thing, easy to embrace when it's convenient and safe, but downplayed when the topic could be messy. Local governments either are commit...
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Don't deny historyAug 11, 2017 1:00 am - When John Ray stated in his July 29 letter that "the Civil War was fought over states' rights and not slavery," he perpetuated a false narrative more than a hundred year...
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Reckless to publish phone conversationsAug 11, 2017 1:00 am - There was a noteworthy concurrence in the Aug. 6 edition of the Daily Herald. On that day, the Herald paid tribute to the legacy of its founder H.C. Paddock on the anniv...
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GOP should get started on these issuesAug 11, 2017 12:01 am - Now that the bogus 7-year Republican obsession to repeal Obamacare is over because it was called Romneycare (Mitt created in MA), can we focus on what really urgent? Ca...
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Tax-hike arithmetic doesn't sound so badAug 10, 2017 1:00 am - In Dan McCaleb's Aug. 2 column, he states that the average increase in the state income tax will be $1,000. I'm not an accountant, but I can do simple math, and by my re...