Cook County Opinion
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Downtown conferences valuable to school boardsOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - I read with interest the article about the cost of suburban school board members attending the annual conferences in Chicago, so I called my brother-in-law for input. He...
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Show allegiance to U.S., not to one partyOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - It seems that some politicians in Washington (the Tea Party in particular) aren’t citizens of the United States anymore. They’re citizens of their own party with more al...
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GOP should take the longer viewOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - In the past few decades there has been a general conception that Republicans, rather than Democrats, have strategic plans that stretch further into the future. Their emp...
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Editorial: What happened to the sense of urgency on pensions?Oct 24, 2013 5:00 am - Even before the first day of the scheduled fall session of the Illinois legislature closed on Tuesday, the House had canceled today’s activities. Three days of work appe...
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Clinton campaign would continue the liesOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - You printed a letter from Jim Peterson (Oct. 17) lauding the possible 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and urging us to elect her. It was a well-organized p...
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This senior OK with Social Security reformOct 24, 2013 4:40 am - This senior OK with Social Security reform The senior who berated U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren and “right wing conservatives” for wanting to reform social security now ...
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Punishments not matching the crimeOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - What’s wrong with this picture? Just came back from a drive to South Carolina and couldn’t help but notice their extremely clean highways. Then spotted a sign, “No Litte...
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Voting is important enough to use I.D.Oct 23, 2013 5:00 am - This letter is in response to Len Brauer of Palatine (Your Views, Oct. 6) and his mistaken ideas on voter fraud. In today’s world, you need a photo I.D. to cash a check,...
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Writer misguided on several frontsOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - In response to Diane Niesman’s letter of Sept. 30 criticizing Congressman Peter Roskam in particular and the GOP in general, let me say she should read something other t...
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Editorial: The benefits of video visits for jail inmatesOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” was TV cop Tony Baretta’s chilling warning in the 1970s of the penalty for breaking the law. Incarceration, whether it’s a ...