Cook County Opinion
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Do more for Illinois, Sen. DurbinMay 08, 2014 5:01 am - Sen. Dick Durbin has supported the removal of food and fuel from the CPI inflation index. So the Social Security recipients will not get the cost-of-living break they de...
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Each day is a gift; live it to its fullestMay 07, 2014 5:01 am - May 14 marks my octogenarian celebration. I never believed that I would live to see this day. Quite a few people have reached noteworthy milestone. I get asked about my ...
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Towns should cooperate for faster InternetMay 07, 2014 5:01 am - An access plate in the lawn in front of my house says that fiber optic cable is buried below. I occasionally wonder why I've never heard from some company that wants to ...
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Put pension consequences where they belongMay 07, 2014 5:01 am - I agree there is a huge pension crisis that must be somehow fixed, sooner rather than later. I feel that any agreement that is made regarding the pension fix, when compl...
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Editorial: Kids and the battle with technology gone badMay 07, 2014 1:01 am - It's the golden age of technology gone bad. And it's a wake-up call for parents and educators to redouble their efforts in monitoring all electronic devices in the hands...
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Liberal media still won't publish truthMay 07, 2014 12:01 am - Liberal media still won't publish truth It seems to be taking a long time to uncover the fact that almost every scandal being revealed by Judicial Watch and the oth...
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Legal pot dangerous to the mentally illMay 06, 2014 5:01 am - Every day the subject of marijuana usage appears in the newspaper. Colorado recently legalized the sales of recreational marijuana at the beginning of the year for those...
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Religious freedom requires mutual toleranceMay 06, 2014 5:01 am - I would like to thank The Daily Herald for publishing articles from Mr. Jim Finnegan. It puts a name to the face of bigotry and intolerance disguised in religious virtuo...
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Editorial: Join the fight against child sex abuseMay 06, 2014 1:01 am - Erin Merryn is clearly someone special. The 29-year-old Schaumburg woman who has been fighting to keep children safe from sexual abuse didn't stop when she successfully ...
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Partisan politics above all elseMay 06, 2014 12:01 am - Partisan politics above all else The same Republicans who got us involved in Iraq are complaining that President Obama's foreign policy is "leading from behind." We...