Cook County Opinion
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It's simple anatomyMay 15, 2016 1:00 am - Going on the record (and you should too), I'm against anyone with male anatomy using any female facility. It's really that simple. Thomas Creasbaum Des Plaines ...
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Getting COD back on trackMay 15, 2016 1:00 am - By Deanne Mazzochi Guest columnist Since its inception nearly 50 years ago, College of DuPage has provided more than 1 million students with high-quality, affordable edu...
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Fight gun crime with more mental institutionsMay 14, 2016 1:00 am - A few weeks ago, in a Daily Herald article about Cook County's overcrowded prison, Sheriff Tom Dart estimated that three quarters of the inmates have a mental problem. N...
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Eliminate seniority's role in legislatureMay 14, 2016 1:00 am - The writer from Buffalo Grove had the right idea to eliminate the de facto kingdom that exists in the term limitless reign of Madigan in our state legislature. However, ...
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Paper should take more care with 'facts' in lettersMay 14, 2016 1:00 am - A newspaper's letters page is a lively bridge between the paper and its readers. Reader ideas are important - but then so too is a paper's responsibility to discern betw...
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Another stop for ObamaMay 13, 2016 1:00 am - President Obama on his visit to Hiroshima should make time to visit the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii and pay his respects to the 34,000 Americans ...
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Left threatens a tyranny of the minorityMay 12, 2016 1:00 am - For years, the LGBT community has argued for social tolerance of those who are different and achieved a broad consensus. But far from just seeking tolerance, they demand...
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We're all paying price for stubborn Democrats'May 12, 2016 1:00 am - It seems like every other day, there is another letter to the editor blaming Gov. Rauner for the budget crisis in Illinois, as if he is the cause of it, or he alone is a...
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Yes, Rauner is working for the peopleMay 12, 2016 1:00 am - I can not believe the statement made by Richard Schwarz: '"Gov. Rauner is not working for the people." Madigan has been in office for 40 years. Nothing that he is not in...
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Editorial: Voters have chance to drop an archaic school positionMay 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Every few years, Cook County residents are reminded that their county supports the last vestige of one of the most archaic layers of government in modern times. These ar...