Cook County Opinion
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40 years later, a reminder cops can be coolSep 25, 2015 11:00 pm - It was 8 p.m. or so on a weeknight. Nothing going on. So my friends and I decided it would be cool to pull into the parking lot of an elementary school, loiter, and see ...
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Teachings of Islam support ConstitutionSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - As a Muslim born and raised in America, I take serious issue with Ben Carson stating that Islam is antithetical to the Constitution. It is a pity that a highly educate...
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Teachers show unions out of controlSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - How much more evidence do we need to prove that public unions are out of control and positioned to bankrupt many of the citizens they serve? If the teachers union a...
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Townships provide help for most vulnerableSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - A recent article in the Daily Herald regarding the services townships provide versus the administrative expense of providing the services couldn't have been more off bas...
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Bears not playing like professional teamSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - It doesn't take much intelligence to recognize a lost cause. After their first two games, the Bears have been unable to show any progress so far. They opened this seaso...
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Critics should learn what teachers doSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - Once again, someone that is ignorant of the teaching profession, voices his uneducated opinion. The recent post by Randy Johnson is such an entry. Mr. Johnson can alwa...
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Editorial: Schools find a way to connect with families through new appSep 24, 2015 11:00 pm - Schools have always needed good lines of communication with the communities they serve, but perhaps never more than now. With controversies including but not limited to ...
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Give daily report on state's lost jobsSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - Back in the 1950s and '60s, Detroit airport had a sign that showed the number of automobiles assembled in a day. At the start of 2016, the state of Illinois should erect...
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Neither side realistic in teacher strikeSep 23, 2015 1:00 am - Between school district 23 blinking at union demands while the union stands pat, both sides appear to not mirror the state of today's economy. The same week the Fed kept...
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Editorial: The next step in local control of salariesSep 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Editor's Note: An earlier version of this editorial identified a $400,000 bonus that was to be paid to outgoing University of Illinois Chancellor Phyllis Wise but f...