Cook County Opinion
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Report on pitfalls of health care lawJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - I do not understand why no newspapers or reporters have addressed an issue that will affect all low-income people with regard to the ACA. The “credit” given for insuranc...
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Catholic schools are a source of prideJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - As I read the Jan. 25 Daily Herald I was horrified to see the political cartoon about Chicago’s Roman Catholic bishops. Where is the cartoon of a union leader fighting t...
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Church must take stronger action this timeJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - Painting the rectory the wrong color is a mistake. Child rape, knowingly transferring pedophile priests, not telling the sending and receiving parishes about the priest,...
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Don’t let Congress trade off our futureJan 29, 2014 3:40 am - Don’t let Congress trade off our future A secret trade deal has been in the works for four years now. More than 600 corporate lobbyists have had daily input into th...
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Jan 29, 2014 3:40 am - Columnist takes the “I” out of column Congrats to Jim Slusher for his column of Jan. 16, which totally avoids use of the “I” pronoun or its derivatives. I had chide...
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‘Gotcha’ cameras reason to stay clear of PalatineJan 28, 2014 4:00 am - Recently while driving on Rand Road in Palatine, I made a perfectly safe right turn on red onto Hicks Road, which was clear of cross traffic. A few days later I learned ...
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Founders didn’t create a ‘Christian nation’Jan 28, 2014 4:00 am - Once again, I feel I must reply to Harold Knudsen’s Jan. 26 letter in which he states that America was established on Christian principles. First, Thomas Jefferson never...
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Asian carp proposal not foolproofJan 28, 2014 4:00 am - Of all the stupid plans out there, the idea of making a lake to halt the invasion of the Asian carp has got to take first place. With all the money we’ve spent on retent...
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Some clarifications of stories neededJan 28, 2014 4:00 am - On Jan. 19 a large picture on the front page of the Daily Herald showed two men planning their wedding with a clergyman. There was also a picture and an article inside. ...
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What about the unborn ‘women’?Jan 27, 2014 4:00 am - On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, President Obama said, “Every woman should have the right to make her own choices about her body and her health.” I was just wonde...