Cook County Opinion
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Leave use of guns to trained authoritiesOct 13, 2015 1:00 am - I am shocked and appalled by recent calls in the press to arm teachers in light of all the tragic campus shootings. I'm also concerned about calls for the expansion of ...
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Winners overcome 'privilege' issueOct 13, 2015 1:00 am - A recent op-ed was at great pains to make the case that "white privilege" exists in the U.S. and, consequently, that nonwhites suffer as a result. Of course, that's true...
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Editorial: Dist. 211 should find creative alternatives to transgender planOct 12, 2015 11:00 pm - The practice of high school students changing in the locker room has always been complicated for some students. Whether you feel you're too skinny or overweight or just ...
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A question every citizen should askOct 12, 2015 1:00 am - The next letter you will probably see will be from the NRA telling us guns don't kill people kill. Then they will say these killers have the unrestricted constitutional ...
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Trace mass killings to dysfunction at homeOct 12, 2015 1:00 am - Democrats have their eye on the wrong cause for murder and mass murder. It is not guns or airplanes. It is certainly convenient for them to use these tragedies in the ca...
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Many 'refugees' taking advantage of systemOct 12, 2015 1:00 am - It astonishes me how much misinformation about Syrian refugees is being presented as news in print, radio and television. First, refugees are officially defined as peopl...
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Lock leaders up until they create budgetOct 12, 2015 1:00 am - Bruce Rauner promised to cure Illinois of all its financial ills if elected governor. He's been governor now for nine months, with no progress in sight. We still don't ...
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Keep hatred out of sports rivalriesOct 11, 2015 1:00 am - There is no humor in hatred. Your inclusion of the article about the Cubs and Cardinals by Burt Constable represents a new low in your publications. Humor should not...
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Socialized medicine is un-American?Oct 10, 2015 1:00 am - It's interesting that many of our Republican presidential candidates refer to Ronald Reagan as their idol. It was President Reagan who saw Medicare as the advance of soc...
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Issue at stake is protecting us from gunsOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." It is not a question ...