Cook County Opinion
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Tale in Lake Zurich will be ongoingDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald's parallel articles, " Fees, tax hikes, layoffs ahead for Lake Zurich," (Nov. 27) and "Housing crisis forces Hawthorn Woods to cut staff, projects," (No...
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Life sentences seldom mean lifeDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - In a recent letter opposing the death penalty, the writer makes an interesting claim about jury instructions. He writes: "In capital trials where only one individual is ...
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Eight-year sentence for three lost livesDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - I am writing in response to the article about a woman sentenced to eight years for a crash that killed three rock musicians. The woman was a former model named Jeannette...
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Various disorders too much to takeDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Clerks in stores have been saying, "Have a happy holiday" to me and I'm highly offended. "Holiday" is a derivative of the words "Holy Day" and thoughts of anything holy ...
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Research shows teens mature slowlDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Two articles about the teenage brain (Daily Herald, Dec. 3) present evidence about how many years it takes for the judgment centers in the teenage brain to mature. This ...
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Thanks for help after house fireDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - On Sept. 30, 2007 our family suffered the devastating loss of our home to a fire. By that evening we started to see the community of St. Charles and surrounding communit...
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Testing debate only hides larger problemDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - On 12-10, a Daily Herald editorial criticized the decision by the Illinois State Board of Education to require students still learning English to take the same tests as ...
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Tri-Cities soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A learning experience Kevin Burns will keep his day job and his political job. And the Geneva mayor will still have plenty of time for his family. In the end, that shoul...
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Bensenville should fund its O'Hare warDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Dear Mr. Geils: What are you thinking? What nerve does it take to petition for MY money from the taxes I pay for School District 100, for the education of students from ...
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Global warming isn't hype, it's realDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - While an article on Dec. 12 tells us that the volume of Arctic Sea ice is only half of what it was just four years ago, a letter to the editor on Dec. 13 tells us we sho...