Cook County Opinion
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Why won't Sharpton pay back taxes?May 25, 2015 6:11 am - How does the Reverend Al Sharpton get away with not having to pay back taxes of some $4.5 million and I get audited for my 2006 taxes and get penalized for not reporting...
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Don't force health care providers to counsel on abortionsMay 25, 2015 5:59 am - Illinois SB 1564, a proposed amendment to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscious Act (HCRA), recently passed the Illinois Senate and is now under review by the Hous...
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Boarding schools instead of prisons?May 25, 2015 5:32 am - I just finished watching the George Stephanopoulos show where they were discussing the problems of black communities with the police. The conversation went on about solu...
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Gellar, AFDI are braveMay 25, 2015 5:22 am - In response to Ismail Ahmad and his letter of May 16, I have to ask, where in the Quran do you find that Islam recognizes free speech? I have never seen in the Quran o...
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Citizens United decision horribleMay 25, 2015 5:12 am - This letter is a reply to all the inaccuracies so readily apparent in Gerald Aleksy's opinion that appeared in your May 5 "Views." In it he takes issue with a previous l...
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How heroin series led to mental health projectMay 24, 2015 6:00 am - Inspiration to launch an in-depth project on mental health crystallized for Marie Wilson while covering a heroin forum in Naperville. A counselor at Linden Oaks Behavior...
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Climate warming excuse to take your moneyMay 24, 2015 6:00 am - Now comes a letter writer who claims the only "climate deniers" are scientists who are being paid by the fossil fuel industry. Obama has nearly shut down the coal indus...
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Why can't Mount Prospect just cut spending?May 23, 2015 5:32 am - Once again the leadership of Mount Prospect was complaining in the May 3rd edition of the Daily Herald about flat to declining revenues if Governor Rauner's turnaround p...
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Why do we have to fill out taxes?May 23, 2015 5:32 am - As my 2014 tax statements came rolling in, I began to think of how many millions, or billions, of dollars that businesses, banks, investment firms, etc., spend on report...
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Memorial Day a time to rememberMay 23, 2015 5:32 am - Memorial Day, a special day to remember those who have gone before us especially those who served in the Military. In 2009 HBO presented a made for TV movie titled "Tak...