Cook County Opinion
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Rauner needs to fund educationFeb 01, 2016 4:00 am - Partnership at Risk I as read the Daily Herald's impressive leadership team list, I think these young people who represent different high schools throughout the suburbs,...
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Red light cameras saferFeb 01, 2016 4:00 am - Red light cameras are safer than a policeman: They don't stop you and interrupt traffic, there is no question of guilt - you are on camera, and no danger of getting acci...
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Look to governors to leadFeb 01, 2016 4:00 am - The late William F Buckley wrote "I would rather entrust the government of the US to the first 400 names in the Boston telephone directory than the faculty at Harvard." ...
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Stop illegal immigrationFeb 01, 2016 4:00 am - U.S. Sen. Durbin is pushing for lower sentence for certain drug offenders. his concern does not surprise me. But what about all the young people getting hooked...
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We're all victims of the budget impasseFeb 01, 2016 4:00 am - I couldn't agree more with Governor Rauner's remarkable January 25th statement regarding the reductions in services and jobs by Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSS...
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Wheaton teacher should be fired for arroganceFeb 01, 2016 4:00 am - Lyricia Hawkins offended millions of Christians with her controversial comment about God. She stated that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. How does she know...
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In the end, we're all brothers and sistersFeb 01, 2016 12:01 am - Once again we have a fight over whose God is better - the Christian version or the Moslem version. Let me help a little. Has anyone ever heard of "the people of the Book...
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Lang 'chaos' remark prompts a chuckleJan 31, 2016 11:01 pm - I had to chuckle when I read a recent Daily Herald quote from state Democratic legislative leader Lou Lang of Skokie, who said "He (Governor Rauner) chose to put us (the...
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We're stuck with what we wished forJan 31, 2016 11:01 pm - An old adage says beware of what you wish for as you may get it. Governor Rauner is a prime example. He was voted in by the people who wished to change the politics of S...
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Great communicator for McHenry boardJan 31, 2016 11:01 pm - I am supporting Yvonne Barnes for McHenry County Board, Dist. 1. I first got to know her as a fellow village board member in Cary back in 1999. We were on opposite sides...