Cook County Opinion
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Beware costly scam to copy deedsSep 29, 2013 5:00 am - The Lake County Recorder’s Office has been flooded with phone calls asking about a letter regarding the deed to the caller’s home. It looks very official but the true p...
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Soapboxing on radical-turned-speaker Bill AyersSep 29, 2013 5:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, and shamel...
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SNAP program needs a dietSep 29, 2013 4:00 am - SNAP program needs a diet The time has come to rein in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program commonly known as food stamps. We are in the fifth year of a te...
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The SoapboxSep 28, 2013 5:00 am - Secret to a long life: Alice Jensen of Arlington Heights and Irene Cook of Addison have been close friends for 95 of their 100 years on earth. So, what is the secret to ...
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Can courage pull us through a tough time?Sep 28, 2013 5:00 am - While viewing traumatic events in the news lately, I also have noted great bravery. A balance to give us hope? Ann W. Serio Inverness ...
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GOP spending bill would keep U.S. goingSep 28, 2013 5:00 am - President Obama is blatantly lying when he accuses the Republicans of wanting to shut down the government. The spending bill passed by the Republicans in Congress funds ...
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‘Fracking’ can harm our water supplySep 28, 2013 4:40 am - ‘Fracking’ can harm our water supply I’m writing in response to Mark Denzler, co-chair, GROW-IL, in his letter to the editor Sept. 16. In his letter he states a goo...
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Photography workshop was valuableSep 27, 2013 5:00 am - I would like to thank Eileen Brown, Jeff Knox, George LeClaire, Bob Chwedyk, Paul Valade, Laura Stoecker, Gilbert Boucher and other Daily Herald staff for hosting an exc...
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Editorial: Truancy, heroin problems are intertwinedSep 27, 2013 5:00 am - If you read Sunday’s paper you may have seen two stories — one about Naperville’s unified attack on heroin use, the other about Kane County’s runaway truancy problem. Wh...
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Health care law works against honest peopleSep 27, 2013 5:00 am - This is regarding Andrew Rieder’s comment of Sept. 18, that Rep. Peter Roskam misled him on the health care law subsidies. Mr. Roskam’s letter does not appear to be as d...