Cook County Opinion
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Change limits to save Social SecurityAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - Watch the Republican politicians - all of them - fight like heck to block the plan to save Social Security by simply removing the limit on paying for Social Security whe...
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One word comes to mind: greedAug 13, 2015 12:00 am - The news of the excessive pay raises and resulting pension spike granted to Illinois Association of Park Districts Executive Director Peter Murphy provoked a real gut re...
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Comply with order; ask questions laterAug 13, 2015 12:00 am - When you enter the military, one of the first things you learn about is rank. If ordered by a superior to do something, you may not like or agree with what he's telling ...
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Good luck with that quiet zoneAug 12, 2015 1:00 am - Good luck to South Elgin with its establishment of a quiet zone to keep trains from blasting their horns by the River Crossing condo complex. Bartlett established a "n...
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The people are not in controlAug 12, 2015 1:00 am - If, as the AP suggests in many of today's papers, the GOP nomination does go through Fox News, we as a democratic nation are in deep trouble. Layer on top of this the a...
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Gun-free zones aren't helpingAug 12, 2015 1:00 am - Wow, another shooting at a theater. Seems like it's open season on people everywhere you go. This doesn't make any sense. There is a "No Guns" sign clearly posted at the...
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Believe it: Trump is who he seems.Aug 12, 2015 12:00 am - When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time and spare yourself the grief of living through a nightmare again. Donald Trump has clearly shown his ala...
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Some choices among GOP fat catsAug 11, 2015 12:00 am - Six fat cats donated $36 million to propel Ted Cruz into the scramble for the Republican presidential nomination. Of course, they're really paying to overturn Obamacare,...
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Stop using racism as excuse for everythingAug 11, 2015 12:00 am - Mr. Derek Bonaparte and his girlfriend have a opinion of what the Confederate flag stands for and they believe the person should have been removed from the race because ...
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Editorial: Even a disciplined police effort can have an imperfect endAug 10, 2015 11:00 pm - It is an inescapable fact that the Tamekka Broyles standoff in Schaumburg Aug. 1 ended with Broyles being shot, and but for a few inches of bullet trajectory, she would ...