Cook County Opinion
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All of us have duty to report hate crimesApr 21, 2014 5:01 am - Trying to make sense of the senseless, many are asking what precipitated the murders of three people outside a Jewish retirement facility and community center in America...
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Lawmakers have power to make change nowApr 21, 2014 5:01 am - The tax equity sought by the coalition of clergy writing in support of a graduated income tax ("Illinois tax system unjustly serves rich," April 11) can be achieved by s...
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Privacy rights essential to a free societyApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - In an April 6 letter to the editor, Jeff Markarian, suggested that only people with something to hide would be worried about government surveillance. This cliché falsely...
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Slayings in Kansas stem from lack of understandingApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - The innocent lives taken at the Kansas Jewish community center and senior living facility was a heinous act against mankind - and I'm deeply sorry to the families who lo...
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Unhappy about plan to cut IMRF pensionApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - My response to the Daily Herald investigation and the proposal of state Rep. Deborah Conroy to cut the "13th payment" from IMRF pensions is: Cut my subscription to the D...
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Why your mayors want you riled up over pensionsApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - Let's face it, our municipal leaders are not in the most enviable position on this one: They need to get the public's blood boiling about pension reform. It's a huge, hu...
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Bring alternatives to Obamacare out of hidingApr 19, 2014 5:01 am - In reference to the April 4 cartoon on your Opinion page about never finding the GOP alternative to Obamacare, I know where you can find it! It is locked up in Harry Rei...
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'Diaper derbies' serve only the parentsApr 19, 2014 5:01 am - I am just an old grandma, but I personally fail to see the sense in subjecting tiny crawling infants to those "diaper derbies." The little 10½-month-old girl in last wee...
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Political right is wrong on wagesApr 19, 2014 5:01 am - Many, many years ago I was a high school student and got a summer job at a chain store selling women's apparel. My wage was 35 cents an hour. A postage stamp cost 3 cent...
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More taxes will weigh on job creationApr 19, 2014 5:01 am - Springfield Democrats are taking advantage of veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate. At a time when 570,000 Illinoisans are out of work and our No. 1 priority sh...