Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Action will lead to more Mideast violenceJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - Talk about sticking up for your friends. What the Obama administration did at the U.N. was no act of a friend. Looks like Obama is slapping not only Israel but Trump acr...
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Don't fall for Netanyahu's petulanceJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - How dare Netanyahu criticize our president. The United Nations looked fairly into the issue and ruled that the Israeli settlements have no legal validity. For those who ...
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Repudiated 'ism'Dec 12, 2016 12:00 am - "Progressivism" is an "ism" devoid of progress. It is the repackaged, rebranded, tired prattle of collectivism trotted out since 1931. Specifically? Taxation, regulatio...
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Which party really is the fringe one?Dec 12, 2016 12:00 am - Paul Bischoff has the typical Donald Trump blind lemming view of history and geography to state "we're a country with a blue fringe on our coast." I wonder if Mr. Bischo...
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Beware biting the 'reds' that feed usDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - If anyone has seen the red and blue map of the USA after the last three presidential elections, one has to ask why the greatest area of the country is Republican red whi...