Cook County Opinion
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Race, gender aren't good basis for decisionsMay 11, 2016 1:00 am - Reading the newspaper lately has left me wondering how people "think." Steve and Cokie Roberts feel it's OK for Hillary Clinton to use the "woman" card to win the elec...
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Issues are too serious for juvenile politicsMay 11, 2016 1:00 am - What is going on in American politics? This may be one of the most important elections in recent times. At stake is the shape of the Supreme Court, which will affect dec...
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Conditions that produced Hitler similar to todayMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - May I respond to Joyce Becker Lee? It is most frightening that Donald Trump is saying what a lot of people are thinking. There is strong similarity to 1936 Germany when ...
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Term limits protect against others' candidatesMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - In a recent letter to the editor, the writer disparages the notion of term limits as "telling me that I'm not smart enough to vote out poor elected officials ..." Term l...
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On bleak day, help was there for themMay 09, 2016 5:00 am - The most difficult day of my life was Feb. 25, 2016. This was the day that I visited my son in his Wauconda home and discovered he had taken his own life. There were man...
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Rolling Meadows seems to be slipping back to the 50sMay 09, 2016 5:00 am - The city of Rolling Meadows should take their heads out of the sand! This is not the 1950s. It is outrageous to not let one of our current churches move to a larger faci...
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Raises too lavish in new District 15 contractMay 09, 2016 5:00 am - You recently printed a column on the 10-year teachers' contract for District 15 Palatine, which itemized the progressive raises over the life of the contract. One that r...
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At least the trash pickup is still goodMay 09, 2016 5:00 am - It appears to me that the city of Rolling Meadows needs to be cleaned up politically and administratively, in light of some recent and not so recent decisions. Most rece...
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She's embarrassed by Rolling Meadows city councilMay 09, 2016 5:00 am - Again, I am profoundly embarrassed by the actions of our City Council. Their refusal to allow the Islamic Society of the Northwest Suburbs to move to a larger location s...
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Pros of term limits outweigh the consMay 09, 2016 1:00 am - I would like to believe that Theodore Utchen (May 5) is an informed voter. However, some politicians use questionable - think Madigan - tactics to stay in office. While ...