Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Pause in refugee program not neededDec 02, 2015 11:00 pm - I would like to commend the Daily Herald editorial staff for your Nov. 22 editorial "Common sense and the refugee crisis." In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris,...
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Let Ditka keep wearing that sweaterDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - I applaud Mike Ditka for wearing the Packer sweater. Da Coach single-handedly sent the Packers into a losing streak without ever setting foot on the field. I am now ...
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Nepotism decision a sign of corruptionDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - Elk Grove Village politics have now joined the ranks of corruption alongside Chicago and many other Illinois communities ("Rules change and son gets job" - Daily Herald,...
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Consider the true impact of Rt. 53 extensionDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - If more than 4.46 million square fee of new retail development and 13,000 new single family homes along the proposed Rt. 53 extension and renovated Rt. 120 sound like tr...