Cook County Opinion
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We're making legal immigrants second-classAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - Within the last week, a writer asked to explain the difference between an illegal alien and an immigrant. The United States in its wisdom sets quotas by country and ca...
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Questions about middle classAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - Mr. Speaker, your Aug. 5 opinion piece in the Daily Herald, "Let's cooperate, with moderation," initiated a public dialogue. Let's continue that dialogue right here on t...
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Planned Parenthood vote seals position on KirkAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - Sen. Mark Kirk has voted and conspired with Senate Democrats to support Parent Parenthood's ghoulish harvesting and selling of aborted baby parts. Here's how it works: ...
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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...