Cook County Opinion
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Cellphones could have been disasterJun 03, 2017 1:00 am - If General Washington had communicated with his troops via cellphone, the British would most certainly have intercepted those communications and foiled the Continental A...
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Laughable loopholes in tax freeze planJun 03, 2017 1:00 am - Your May 31, front-page above-the-fold-story "2-year tax levy freeze?" is hilarious. It is stated in the article, "Democratic Senate President John Cullerton of Chicago ...
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A joy to watchJun 03, 2017 1:00 am - We were so very impressed with the band from Carpentersville Middle School at the Memorial Day Parade in Dundee May 28. They looked great in their matching shirts, they ...
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Des Plaines citizens gave from the heartJun 02, 2017 5:00 am - Over the weekend prior to Memorial Day, the members of the American Legion Des Plaines Post 36 were out in force taking donations for poppies to help support our service...
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Allen Busse worthy of remembranceJun 02, 2017 5:00 am - Elk Grove Village's Mayor Johnson has announced that the Allen Busse farm will be developed. Unfortunately the Herald article and apparently the mayor did not talk about...
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Buffalo Grove pledges to remain a welcoming communityJun 02, 2017 5:00 am - We wish to thank Village President Beverly Sussman and our village board for their proactive steps in ensuring that Buffalo Grove remains a welcoming and nondiscriminato...
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Auf WiedersehenJun 02, 2017 1:00 am - Breaking news: Chancellor Merkel indicates Europe can go it alone. Thank you, Chancellor. Why did it take 72 years, 418,000 American war dead in Europe and billions of A...
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Conservatives also should 'get over it'Jun 02, 2017 1:00 am - The cries of "sore losers" or "just get over it" have been the general response of many conservatives as they fend off the public protests and the constant liberal barra...
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So entrenched they won't change mindsJun 02, 2017 12:01 am - "Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." This comment is by George Bernard Shaw and could offer a basis t...
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Why not route jet noise over forest preserve?Jun 01, 2017 1:00 am - What in the world is wrong with the air traffic controllers at O'Hare airport? Why is it that westerly departures banking to the north use a route that is almost exclusi...