Cook County Opinion
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Sharing presents doesn't diminish Christmas spiritDec 12, 2015 12:00 am - This is in reaction to a reader's view embodied in a Dec. 7 letter entitled "The Semantics of The Christmas Spirit." The author is troubled by how commercialism and the ...
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State letting down parents with budget impasseDec 11, 2015 12:00 am - Parents are children's first and most effective teachers. The lessons they impart, the examples they set, and the ways they nurture their kids amount to the best educati...
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Editorial: With transgender decision made, time for understanding in District 211Dec 11, 2015 12:00 am - It takes real courage for an 8th grade student to come back to school after summer break as a different gender. And it takes parental love to recognize that the transiti...
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Guns are common denominator hereDec 11, 2015 12:00 am - Two mass shootings occurred within a week of each other. The attacks had some similarities and some differences. Innocent people were killed at the hands of ideological...
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Packers' 'Superman' just loves the gameDec 11, 2015 12:00 am - A comment regarding Edd Jarina's letter in Dec. 4 edition: His comment about Aaron Rodgers' smirk leads me to believe he thinks the quarterback is poking fun or being s...
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Community High School prideDec 10, 2015 11:01 pm - I would like to congratulate Dr. Domerracki and West Chicago-based Community High School District 94 on being selected as one of three schools to test e-learning at the ...
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Pension reform should start with lawmakersDec 10, 2015 12:00 am - Jake Griffin's Dec. 2 column again highlights serious flaws in Illinois' notoriously broken pension system. While the judicial and legislative pension funds represent l...
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Less consumerism would save planetDec 09, 2015 12:00 am - Thank you for showing that you care about the devastation that is happening to our planet by giving space to the COP 21 Climate Talks. It is significant that you publis...
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Someone enlighten on global warmingDec 07, 2015 12:00 am - Almost daily an article appears in the media, including newspapers, extolling the dangers of climate change, which used to be global warming after it was global cooling ...
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Two wrongs not right for refugeesDec 07, 2015 12:00 am - The decision by 23 governors, including Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, not to accept Syrian refugees rubs me the wrong way for two reasons. First, the war in Iraq was inst...