Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Come see the trains at DuPage museumDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The DuPage County Historical Museum is in danger of closing due to the crisis in the 2008 county budget. If this happens it will be a great lost to the residents of DuPa...
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Fire district's tax request questionedDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The Long Grove Fire Protection District wants to increase our real estate taxes 13.89 percent. They state that for 2006, the real estate taxes were $3,248,683 and now th...
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Too many excesses, and too few ethicsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Alfred Kirkland's letter hit the nail on the head. We are all in danger from the system's excesses. It all started with the administration of the Republican President Wa...
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Cook Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Bartlett voters, start your engines … If Bartlett voters in the 14th Congressional District don't think it's weird enough that they'll be voting twice for the same offic...