Cook County Opinion
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Roskam shows how Washington's brokenOct 15, 2015 12:00 am - Want to know what's wrong with Washington? Listen to Peter Roskam in your Sept 30 article by Melissa Silverberg. Roskam called for a meeting of the GOP house caucus Tues...
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Gun customers must show mental healthOct 15, 2015 12:00 am - The conservative opposition to Obama's so-called politicization of the Oregon mass shootings is ludicrous. Anyone who doesn't think we need more legal scrutiny of gun sa...
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Bible isn't a textbook on cultureOct 15, 2015 12:00 am - I read with interest the letter in the Oct. 2 edition of the Daily Herald from Rich Lorimer. I realized again how little many people know about the scriptures. The Bible...
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Editorial: Patience, good will help close river trail dealOct 14, 2015 11:00 pm - Lake County Forest Preserve District officials soon will cut the ribbon on the long-awaited completion of one of the agency's most popular attractions that's been decade...
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Think about what 'free stuff' really isOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - At least once a week there is some comment in the letters to the editor about all the "free stuff" people are getting. This, as all of us know, is code for poor people r...
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Arming teachers would hurt, not helpOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - Two recent letters to this paper stated that arming all our classroom teachers could prevent many mass murders in America. Intruders would be deterred by the possibility...
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Other polluters must come to tableOct 14, 2015 12:00 am - Barbara Stark urges us to wake up to global warming because of seeing a polar bear so thin that his bones were visible while he was trying to walk on a very thin piece o...
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Leave behind PACs for homeless sheltersOct 14, 2015 12:00 am - Recently, I had occasion to visit Las Vegas for a sporting event. The thing that left the biggest impression was not the hotels, not the night life, not the scenery at n...
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Needed: Common sense gun lawsOct 14, 2015 12:00 am - Now a massacre in a school in Oregon. Here's an easy fact to check out. More children age 14 and under have been killed by guns in this country than all the men and wome...
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Editorial: U of I wrong home for renowned postcard archivesOct 13, 2015 11:00 pm - Picture postcards were the pre-Facebook way to brag about your vacation to people who were stuck back at home or in the office. Some showed dramatic landscapes or points...