Cook County Opinion
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Thanks for random act of kindnessDec 14, 2015 11:01 pm - On Dec. 8, a group of residents of the DuPage County Convelescent Center went Christmas shopping at the Target store on County Farm Road in Wheaton. After I had finished...
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Metropolis has got itself turned aroundDec 14, 2015 4:00 am - Hats off to the team now running the show at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. New Executive/Artistic Director Joe Keefe seems to have found the formula for consistentl...
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Editorial: Boards squelch dissent, distort record when they pressure for unanimityDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - There is order. And then there's order. The good people who have been elected to the school board in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 believe in order. They perm...
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Chipping away at moral commitmentsDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - The Kochs, ALEC, politicians (the enablers) and wealthy investors are chipping away at the fabric of our moral commitments to one another. Recently we learned that the K...
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Global warming stats not revealedDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - Paul Anderson's letter regarding the lack of proof of climate change is spot on. When I was a student at Saint Joe's in Downers Grove many years ago the good nuns talked...
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Putting their lives on line - every dayDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - My husband and I would like to commend the San Bernardino Police Department for the bravery we witnessed during and after the recent shooting in their California town. ...
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Second Amendment no longer relevantDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - In the Dec. 8 Daily Herald we learn that the U.S. Supreme Court has in effect upheld a ban on assault weapons, apparently permitting individuals to keep other weapons fo...
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Fix hiring process to fix police problemsDec 12, 2015 11:01 pm - Many police officers are receiving bad press. From embezzlement to murder investigations, their careers and reputations are hanging by a thread. When well known Police O...
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House break-in? Call a newsman.Dec 12, 2015 11:01 pm - I applaud the lady who wrote about the lack of respect shown to teachers, firemen, and the police. There are good and bad people in every profession. I chose to believe ...
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Doesn't God also care for mothers?Dec 12, 2015 12:00 am - A "Your Views" letter dated Dec. 5 credits God if a pregnancy occurs as result of a rape. Although the author acknowledges "the father's (read rapist) sin," he complet...