Cook County Opinion
-
At least they rejected the shooting rangeDec 19, 2015 11:01 pm - A fitness center built that was beset with roof leaks from the outset, fixed after many months of litigation, a library that needed extensive repairs, supposedly for des...
-
Editorial on COD: How the College of DuPage board can get back to workDec 19, 2015 1:00 pm - As Assistant City Editor Robert Sanchez describes elsewhere in the paper today, it was an incredibly bizarre seven days for College of DuPage politics last week. Even by...
-
Elk Grove paying price for BensenvilleDec 19, 2015 5:22 am - Typical of when our politicians and voters are sold on a bad idea and when they get it everyone should share in the bad results. Bensenville voted to stop fighting over...
-
Racial profiling needs to stopDec 19, 2015 5:00 am - Looking at the news and other social media, we all know that racism still is a huge problem in America. One type of racism in America is Racial profiling. In an ACLU ar...
-
Home Economics classes are importantDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - It has come to my attention that school District 25 is considering the elimination of Home Economic classes to be replaced with technology geared classes. While I unders...
-
Too many people, finite resourcesDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - The real problem worldwide today is that there are too many people using finite resources. Think about it. Pursuit of energy, air pollution, shrinking water tables, defo...
-
County has great record of preservationDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - I am writing in response to the letter to the editor submitted by Paul Showers in the Dec. 7 titled "Forest Preserve shows 'dump' mentality." The Lake County Forest Pr...
-
Hot-spot commitment can close gapsDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - Gov. Rauner recently applauded the mobile hot spot telecom provider Sprint has committed to low-income students in five suburban high school districts. This is a stellar...
-
Students first line of defense against hateDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - Over the past several months the Republican front-runner Donald Trump has made many incendiary comments. He suggested that a Black Lives Matter protester "maybe deserved...
-
Violence is more than black vs. whiteDec 18, 2015 11:01 pm - So, where are protesters and exhibits of outrage over the coldblooded senseless murder of an innocent 9-year-old boy on a desolate Chicago alley? Black versus white is n...