Cook County Opinion
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Editorial: Municipalities must lead the way to protecting suburban mallsSep 25, 2019 11:00 pm - It's unlikely that until a week ago many of us knew what a bollard was, outside of sailors, developers and professional safety experts. Then, last Friday, a 22-year-old ...
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Press is protection against corruptionSep 25, 2019 1:00 am - In a recent letter to the editor Mr. Laszlo Stephan all but accused the press of being traitors in their investigation of Donald Trump and his administration. Well, I ha...
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Increases needed for DuPage electionsSep 24, 2019 1:00 am - I guess it shouldn't surprise me that Dan Cronin subscribes to the GOP strategy of winning seats by making it hard for American citizens to vote. I refer here to his ref...
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Left has overtaken the Democratic PartySep 22, 2019 1:00 am - I am 69-years-old, born and raised in a Chicago Democratic household. I am finding it hard to identify with the party today. The ultra left wing liberals have taken cont...
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Trump distractionsSep 19, 2019 1:00 am - I read a fellow Elginite's submission in the Sept. 15 edition. He bemoans the amount of infrastructure work needed in this country. How do you expect Trump to concentrat...
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State needs to do its part to save the beesSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - People have been destroying ecosystems for generations now and that will catch up with us in an extinction event if we don't change our selfish ways. Now, we threaten po...
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The link between morals, gun violenceSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - Yet another letter is blaming gun violence on a lack of moral values in this country. These letters all appear to be written by conservatives. Let me ask them this: Do m...
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National treasures threatened by Trump energy policySep 16, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump has recently asked the Secretary of Agriculture to open the Tongass National Forest to the logging industry. This old-growth forest and national t...
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Christian values?Sep 16, 2019 1:00 am - When I first thought about responding to Fred Dryden's letter published on Sept. 7, my first thought was to ask which biblical values and then point out some of the horr...
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Trump has had to do everything aloneSep 15, 2019 1:00 am - Congrats to Paul Saam on his letter of Thursday, Sept. 12. I agree that the Democrats have done nothing for me for the last 3½ years and now want my vote. We need bridge...