Cook County Opinion
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Labels show effort to smear conservativesJul 09, 2015 1:00 am - In his article about his interview with 81-year-old Arlene Sawicki, Burt Constable can't help labeling her a "rabid" conservative. I noticed he labeled himself an "ultra...
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Why focus on a flag and ignore guns?Jul 08, 2015 1:00 am - So, please help me to understand something. A young boy goes into a church in South Carolina armed with a gun and the intent of killing people. He sits through a Bible s...
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What $12 million would do for DetroitJul 08, 2015 12:00 am - Congress did it again, gave Obama a freer hand in trade talks. We need more free trade talks, remember the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 that was going to ...
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Include a solution with budget gripesJul 08, 2015 12:00 am - I've been reading for many weeks now about how no group or organization wants to give up their piece of the pie to balance the budget. A lot of residents feel we should ...
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Politicians not suffering from O'Hare noiseJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - I have lived in Schaumburg for 39 years and rarely heard jets flying over my house. This year as my husband and I sit in out in our back yard trying to enjoy some peace ...
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We must do more to help persecuted ChristiansJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - I'm writing on behalf of the Assyrian Christians in Iraq whose lives are in severe danger by the ISIS caliphate. The Assyrians were one of the first peoples to convert t...
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Editorial: Sales tax increase still a bad idea for Cook CountyJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - If anyone has earned the credibility to justify revisiting a sales tax increase in Cook County, it's Toni Preckwinkle. In almost five years at the helm of the county boa...
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Sports hypocrisy: JRW, deflategateJul 07, 2015 12:00 am - In the June 25 Daily Herald you ran an article about the suit that Jackie Robinson West has filed against Little League International. JRW's suit states that their title...
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Giving our country away to ChinaJul 07, 2015 12:00 am - China takes our jobs, builds islands in the South China Sea, hacks our government and corporations, steals our secrets and technology, manipulates currency and cheats on...
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Fun-filled funder for cancer researchJul 06, 2015 5:00 am - Last Sunday, the Buffalo Grove Singers and the Buffalo Grove Park District joined forces to provide a fun-filled afternoon for the community while raising funds for the ...