Cook County Opinion
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Homosexuality directly against Catholic ChurchSep 21, 2014 11:00 pm - The Catholic Church was started more than 2,000 years ago and has had virtuality the same rules and regulations ever since. The state of Illinois was started more than 1...
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Freedom from religion an inconvenient truthSep 21, 2014 5:01 am - This is in response to John Schreiber's Sept. 18 letter chiding the claims that religion is more dangerous than secularism with regard to some isolated, historic death t...
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No business is going to lower pricesSep 21, 2014 5:01 am - I hope Mr. Halpin (Your Views, Sept. 15) was being sarcastic when he presented the hypothesis that with the Affordable Care Act bringing in more revenue to hospitals, th...
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Service matters more than diversitySep 20, 2014 11:00 pm - The idea that police personnel must be a mirror image of the communities they serve is at best specious. What matters is service. I do not expect my doctors, teachers, p...
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It's parents' job to rein in childrenSep 20, 2014 11:00 pm - I just finished reading Richard Cohen's Sept. 10 editorial on "broken glass." Though he was aptly applying it to our foreign policy (as well it should be) it also applie...
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Yes, we know Duckworth is a vetSep 20, 2014 5:01 am - First, let me thank Tammy Duckworth for her military service, and I am sorry that she was permanently injured. That said, when Joe Walsh was running against Duckworth tw...
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Wage increase will only increase unemploymentSep 20, 2014 5:01 am - A minimum wage is for unskilled labor, and rightly so. Jobs that only require menial tasks, such as preparing fast food, cleaning, stocking shelves, yardwork, etc., are ...
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Columnist takes cheap shots at BearsSep 20, 2014 5:01 am - I would like to take this opportunity to comment on Mike Imrem's sports column of Sept. 9. I find his comment that Bears safety Chris Conte is not telling the truth when...
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Editorial: Time for COD trustees to see all spending, as other boards doSep 19, 2014 1:01 am - Whenever someone says, essentially, "That's the way we've always done it" when something is questioned, it's a red flag. That usually means it hasn't been looked at in a...
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Blame Chicago for higher water ratesSep 18, 2014 5:01 am - I read the short article in the Saturday Soapbox titled "Glass half full or half empty?" regarding the high water rate increases taking place in Arlington Heights. Unfor...