Cook County Opinion
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These sentences unmatched to crimesJul 25, 2013 5:00 am - What is wrong with our legal system? Ex-teacher Jack Pickup has been sentenced to two years of probation and 200 hours of community service and a court cost fine of $3,0...
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President, press not answering questionsJul 25, 2013 5:00 am - The president is worried about states’ rights allowing stand-your-ground laws, but he might serve the country better if he would focus on the illegal guns used every day...
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Unions became downfall of DetroitJul 25, 2013 5:00 am - Detroit was once the affluent industrial capital, a city with its own emblematic musical sound and a storied union movement That drew Democratic presidential candidates ...
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Preserve the right to protect ourselvesJul 25, 2013 5:00 am - In her July 21 column, Kathleen Parker tries to “split the baby,” finally coming down, as almost all the Fourth Estate have, against Zimmerman. Her question is, in effec...
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Start over with a new Metra boardJul 25, 2013 5:00 am - The Metra board of directors continues to fail in its primary responsibilities: overseeing the finances of the organization and setting its policies, not meddling in sta...
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Who is GOP looking out for?Jul 25, 2013 4:40 am - Who is GOP looking out for? Thanks to Obamacare, the premiums on health insurance went down 50 percent in New York. This is in addition to closing the drug doughnut...
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Religious dogma has no place todayJul 24, 2013 5:00 am - I find it strange what lengths some will go to in order to promulgate their prejudices. Take for example the letter by James Dubinski (“It’s not marriage if it’s same-se...
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Editorial: What Schaumburg’s police crisis can teach othersJul 24, 2013 5:00 am - Self examination is a complicated thing for any enterprise, much less a police department. But as the village of Schaumburg has found and a new report confirms, it is a ...
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Today’s kids have it madeJul 24, 2013 5:00 am - Back in the day ... if you wanted to watch a show you’d have to wait until the neighbors had their weekly Friday night fight. To see a TV program you’d be lucky to find ...
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Editorial: What Schaumburg’s police crisis can teach othersJul 24, 2013 5:00 am - Self examination is a complicated thing for any enterprise, much less a police department. But as the village of Schaumburg has found and a new report confirms, it is a ...