Cook County Opinion
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Too many ignore life-saving detectorsDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - I applaud your recent Opinion piece on good smoke detectors and the importance of changing smoke detector batteries. It is amazing to me how many people ignore this in...
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Candidate must show he's ready for senateDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - Martin McLaughlin has a high position in the Barrington Hills Village Board. Barrington Hills is currently a successful village, yet many members of the village believe ...
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We need foundation of respect for authorityDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - How can we have a civilized society when there seems to be less and less respect for authority? Whether it's the police officer called to a crime scene, a teacher in t...
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No concern at top for a solutionDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - The governors of many states say they will refuse to take Syrian refugees into their states. Immigration is federally regulated. State governors have no jurisdiction. Th...
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Let's get legislators' budget progress reportDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - Remember when your school report card was sent home to your parents? Well, here's a novel idea. Ask your state legislator to send to each of his constituents a report ab...
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Irony of 'safe rooms' at Planned ParenthoodDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - So let me see if I have this right: A planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs, designed with the purpose of terminating human life, has built into that cl...
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Nepotism rule should have been keptDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - Elk Grove Park District recently changed the rule regarding the hiring of family members by hiring the son of Park Board President Bill O'Malley. Brian O'Malley knew the...
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It's a disservice to airbrush historyDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - It seems that hardly a week goes by without somebody calling for the renaming of an institution, highway, or park because the prominent person it honors held a view that...
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Climate change by the numbers: Believe itDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - Our planet continues to heat up, causing extreme climate change. Per NASA-GISS, 15 of the last 18 years are the hottest in recorded history going back to 1880. 2014 was...
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No proof of CO2, climate changeDec 02, 2015 11:00 pm - Mr. Teune, GOP can't fix what isn't. Man made global warming isn't science, it's an unproven theory. When the UN/IPCC hoaxers, and the chicken littles of the world reali...