Cook County Opinion
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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...
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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...