Cook County Opinion
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Graduated tax is discriminatoryJan 24, 2014 4:00 am - There is nothing honorable or fair about the graduated tax. It’s just another way for the government to redistribute wealth from those with ambition to those without. We...
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Editorial: Fill the video gambling licensing gap quicklyJan 23, 2014 8:55 am - Illinois residents have no more stomach for news about crooked dealings, so lawmakers’ refusal last week to close loopholes in the way video gambling licenses are handle...
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Pharmacists’ tale: This is progress?Jan 23, 2014 4:00 am - So it’s summer of 1955 and I am standing on the corner of Division Street and Kedzie Avenue in Chicago in front of the neighborhood pharmacy waiting for the guys so we c...
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Term limits would curb the corruptionJan 23, 2014 4:00 am - On Jan. 18 the Daily Herald had an article on a recent Mount Prospect city meeting where the leaders discussed challenges ahead due to not getting money from the state t...
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Reasonable opinions needed on jobless benefitsJan 22, 2014 4:00 am - Over the last couple of days two letters have displayed a remarkable level of idiocy in order to justify not passing social legislation. Both were regarding extension of...
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Boycott countries where scammers operateJan 22, 2014 4:00 am - I recently received a phone call informing me that I won an $850,000 prize. The man on the other end said he was a representative of P.C.H. and asked if I wanted my priz...
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Let’s express ourselves more intelligentlyJan 22, 2014 4:00 am - When I listen to people around me, I wonder what’s happening to the English language. Are we becoming an illiterate nation? So many people seem to have a problem with wo...
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Editorial: The next step for Arlington Heights arts centerJan 21, 2014 4:00 am - There is an unmistakable warning in the preface to the Metropolis Report, commissioned by the Arlington Heights performing arts center’s board of directors and the villa...
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Never give up hope even after lossJan 21, 2014 4:00 am - If you have ever lost someone extremely important to you, you have probably felt like there is no hope. Like there is no reason to still be alive. What’s the point, righ...
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BG has no need to widen Weiland Rd.Jan 20, 2014 4:00 am - I have lived off Weiland Road since 1976. The Daily Herald article did not mention that the homes Buffalo Grove wants to condemn to widen Weiland are unincorporated. Not...