Cook County Opinion
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Bring back the Honey BearsJan 07, 2017 12:00 am - After a disastrous 1975 Bears football season, the Honey Bears cheerleaders came on the scene in 1976 with the unwavering support of George Halas. The Bears experienced ...
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Media needs better self-examinationJan 07, 2017 12:00 am - I read your recent editorial where you took umbrage on the attacks against the news media for either being biased or not doing enough to report on certain stories. You w...
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Leaders must be courageous on budgetJan 06, 2017 12:00 am - A few days before the holidays, former Gov. Jim Edgar expressed publicly the dire need for Gov. Bruce Rauner to address the state's crisis. It is not the first time he h...
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Ready, shoot, aimJan 06, 2017 12:00 am - Donald Trump, who apparently can only speak in sound bites, shows his muscle by blasting General Motors in a tweet and threatening them with border taxes when they bring...
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Let's move on from the election, alreadyJan 05, 2017 11:01 pm - The election is over. No more stories about why or how we voted. "Whose side were the suburbs on?" is no longer news. Obviously, your experts don't know what happened, o...
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Elephants are still headed for extinctionJan 04, 2017 11:01 pm - Elephants are heading toward extinction. The ivory trade provides poachers with a huge financial incentive to kill them for their tusks. Rich big game "hunters" still ar...
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Calm, steady leadershipJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - The grinches of Christmas that supposedly represent us in Washington and Springfield have cast shadows over our homes. With that in mind I was pleased to read the articl...
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Your ViewsJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - Divestiture of Trump empire is not realistic Since the election, the political class has been chattering endlessly about the problems the nation will face because t...
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Editorial: Keeping alcohol vapor, powder out of the suburbsJan 02, 2017 10:00 pm - Oftentimes, communities are forced to react to an issue when they haven't taken proactive steps to avoid the problem altogether. But as Daily Herald staff writer Eric Pe...
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Thanks for keeping holiday spirit aliveJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - Vernon Township would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who participated in our annual holiday Sponsor-A-Family programs. Once again the residents of Vern...