Cook County Opinion
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Editorial: End political expense, infighting over leak in Des PlainesJan 17, 2017 10:00 pm - For more than six months, Des Plaines aldermen have been trying to find out who leaked information about lawsuits against the city to this newspaper. And they've agreed ...
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Paper leaves voice of the right wing uncheckedJan 17, 2017 12:00 am - I saw your editorial about fake news, and the irony dripped from it so strongly it pulled the characters out of shape. It hits me in two ways. During the recent campaig...
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Editorial: State scrutiny of suburban-initiated 'Redefining Ready' could lead to fairer student assessmentJan 16, 2017 10:00 pm - Sometime this year, the Illinois State Board of Education will consider a policy change that could have an important - and positive - impact on every high school student...
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Ongoing review needed for gun ownersJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - There has to be some compromise or meeting of the minds so to speak to safeguard the public while at the same time honoring the Second Amendment. We have in place a sys...
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Diverse opinions are importantJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - I read your editorial on presenting the news in an unbiased way. I believe that the Daily Herald and the Tribune, which we also subscribe to, do just that. It's their jo...
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GOP mounts assault on critical programsJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - One of the better letters in the "Opinion" section of the Herald was Mark Hellner's letter of Dec. 30, wherein he accurately and appropriately criticized Trump's electio...
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Trump could have won the big statesJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - A recent writer defended the Constitution and the Electoral College, pointing out that Trump won the popular vote except for New York and California, which "Hillary woul...
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Holiday should honor DouglassJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - Although Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great leader, I think that, instead of having a holiday for him, our country should have a holiday to honor a different black lea...
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Sleep well, get rechargedJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - As you lay in rest at night, soaking in a comfortable REM sleep, your subconscious is hard at work, wrangling with many awkward judgments. Which leads into the morning ....
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Electoral college and the myth of democracyJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - Gerrymandering and the powerful influence of special interests are often identified as barriers to the real-life implementation of the democratic ideals this country was...