Cook County Opinion
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America is no superhero to worldOct 09, 2013 5:00 am - I have read that the United States sees itself as Superman while the rest of the world sees it as Batman. When bad things happen, the world expects the U.S. to intervene...
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Editorial: Selective opposition to tax dealOct 09, 2013 5:00 am - East Dundee, a village of 3,000 people bordered by towns as disparate as Barrington Hills, Carpentersville and Hoffman Estates, has done much in recent years to deflect ...
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Right-wing cabal hobbles governmentOct 09, 2013 4:40 am - Right-wing cabal hobbles government U.S. Rep. John Dingell of Michigan stated that “American people would get better government out of Monkey Island at the local zo...
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Obama at fault? Makes no sense.Oct 09, 2013 4:40 am - Obama at fault? Makes no sense. On Oct. 5 you printed a letter from Louis Bowers that needs refuting. He maintains that President Obama bears the greatest responsib...
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Pols should pay furloughed workersOct 09, 2013 4:40 am - Pols should pay furloughed workers Congress shut down the government due to the fact that they are 2-year-olds, and to further put a burden on the taxpayers they fu...
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No clergy forced to perform civil unionsOct 08, 2013 5:00 am - Anna Scott of Grayslake, I’d like to alleviate your fears about civil unions, which have been legal in Illinois since 2011. No religious institutions have been prosecute...
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Wisdom from kids about school lunchesOct 08, 2013 5:00 am - My own independent citizen panel of three grandchildren weighed in on school lunches this weekend. They are assorted ages and in different schools in the suburbs. When a...
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Point fingers at Tea PartyOct 07, 2013 5:00 am - What Osama bin Laden could not accomplishm the Tea Party is doing: destroying this country. Bill Reddy Mount Prospect ...
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William Ayers deserves no honorOct 07, 2013 5:00 am - This is pertaining to a Sept. 23 letter about William Ayers wanting to make money by speaking at Elgin Community College. I hope ECC’s president, Dr. David Sam, listens ...
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Let’s take missing seniors seriouslyOct 07, 2013 5:00 am - Just recently a good man went out to pick up some chicken in Palatine and got lost. Gene was 84 years old, a good family man who became a victim of a terrible tragedy. H...