Cook County Opinion
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Train cops to deal with mentally illJan 02, 2016 12:00 am - The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation's voice on mental illness. Part of our mission is to see that well-supported and well-staffed Crisis Intervention T...
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Use more discretion on climate lettersJan 01, 2016 12:00 am - The Daily Herald has recently published a number of letters spreading misinformation about impacts of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels on Earth's climate (see ...
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States need to restrain the fedsDec 31, 2015 11:01 pm - With excessive regulations and a national debt approaching $20 trillion, Americans are well aware that our federal government has become drunk with power. The U.S. Congr...
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Can't enforce rule to curb climate chaos?Dec 31, 2015 11:01 pm - The debate on your opinion page stimulated this about the Paris Climate Accord. Their aim is for a maximum of 1.5 degree Celsius increase in global average temperature ...
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Trump will take care of terrorism problemDec 31, 2015 12:00 am - If ISIS, al-Qaida, or any other terrorist organization decides to attack the United States or the West, they better do it in the next year. Because once Donald Trump bec...
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Stop and think about adding library districtDec 31, 2015 12:00 am - Elk Grove Village and Des Plaines boards are contemplating a new library district to better serve rural residents. Elk Grove appears to favor other options while Des Pla...
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Administration is scary, not TrumpDec 30, 2015 11:01 pm - Trump has said a mouthful over the past six months and many have rallied to his words. But Trump is not the problem, Trump is a symptom of what this administration has d...
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Candidate should've announced conflictDec 30, 2015 11:01 pm - I was pleased to see that the city of Wheaton removed its contract prosecutor, Michelle Moore, from prosecuting DuPage County Board member Grant Eckhoff's case in which ...
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Geyer misguided on climate, IranDec 30, 2015 12:00 am - Georgie Anne Geyer, in her Dec. 20 column on diplomacy, writes of "the promising recent nuclear agreement with Iran and the amazing global warming agreement in Paris." ...
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What are real recruiting tools for ISIS?Dec 30, 2015 12:00 am - There have been recent comments made by our president that the media is a recruiting tool for ISIS (the media should only be reporting the facts). There has also been co...