Cook County Opinion
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Policies of good ol’ days wouldn’t work todayAug 22, 2013 5:00 am - Mr. Wagner yearns for the “good ole days” of small government (Aug. 8). I remember when a doctor would come to our house for $5 and be willing to accept payments. They d...
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Appreciate Colin Powell’s optimismAug 21, 2013 4:40 am - Appreciate Colin Powell’s optimism My hat’s off to The Daily Herald on Colin Powell’s visit and his eternal optimism. While in todays environment it can be hard to ...
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Students deserve same deal as banksAug 21, 2013 4:40 am - Students deserve same deal as banks Students should be aware that even though House Republicans passed a bill that would prevent loan rates from doubling to 6.8 per...
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Oakton Community College Presents Update of Film, "An Inconvenient Truth"Aug 20, 2013 11:00 pm - Faculty members from Oakton Community College, in coordination with Organizing for Action and The Climate Reality Project, will present a commentary titled, “An Inconven...
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Time running short for Arab ChristiansAug 20, 2013 5:00 am - The Daily Herald’s articles on the rioting in Egypt report that the Islamists, in protest over the Army, react by bombing government offices and burning churches. The tr...
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Nation’s debt will destroy all of usAug 20, 2013 4:40 am - Nation’s debt will destroy all of us In response to Mr. Teune’s view of Aug. 10 regarding “budget cutting is destroying nation” I can only wonder who manages his pe...
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Can’t trust IRS to take on new roleAug 20, 2013 4:40 am - Can’t trust IRS to take on new role Once again the IRS is using intimidation. The agency is currently in the process of mailing 20,000 letters to small-business own...
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GOP needs immigration reformAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Sen. Lindsay Graham, Sen. John McCain and others are warning Republicans that they need to get behind a total immigration reform bill if they expect to capture any of th...
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Do privileges for few extend to prisons?Aug 19, 2013 5:00 am - How wonderful America is that one of our prominent citizens can dictate within what prison facility he would like to be incarcerated. I wonder if Jesse Jackson Jr. will ...
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Writer ignores Christian principles himselfAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Regarding a letter on Aug. 9, the writer cites the Bible as authority to condemn homosexuals. He mistakenly claims this is a Christian nation, founded by Christians on C...