Cook County Opinion
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GOP is too cool to cap and tradeJul 20, 2013 5:00 am - Farmers in the Plains states have voted overwhelmingly Republican for many years. The Republican Party, reflecting the interests of their major donors such as the coal, ...
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Union members culpable in rat incidentJul 20, 2013 5:00 am - This is in response to the July 13 article, “Man accused of stabbing inflatable rat.” George Koukos was arrested with bail set for $100,000 on charges of stabbing and ru...
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The SoapboxJul 20, 2013 5:00 am - Seeking justice for Gabby: We join police in hoping the banners placed at this weekend’s Alpine Fest in Lake Zurich call attention to the unsolved 2011 hit-and-run that...
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Editorial: Monteith death, local numbers emphasize urgency, depth of heroin problemJul 19, 2013 5:00 am - More than a decade ago, the Daily Herald produced a series of reports spanning more than two years about heroin use in the suburbs. We called the series “The Hidden Scou...
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Jane Fonda still no friend to veteransJul 19, 2013 5:00 am - I am a Vietnam veteran. “The Newsroom” series may be a good show, but I and many Vietnam veterans like me will never watch the series, the reason being that Jane Fonda s...
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Texas abortion laws will only hurt womenJul 19, 2013 5:00 am - State by state, Republicans are turning back the hands of time to the “halcyon days” pre-Roe v. Wade when men were men and women were second-class citizens. Now, almost ...
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Abortion as birth control is immoralJul 19, 2013 5:00 am - I was so glad to read in today’s (July 12) paper that Illinois has finally decided to enforce the 1995 parent notification law regarding teen abortions. Why do some peop...
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Some think gays are going overboardJul 19, 2013 4:40 am - Some think gays are going overboard Masha Gessen, outspoken author and activist for LGBT community gave us the reason we should deny them marriage as we know it. Sh...
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Could Americans be this gullible?Jul 19, 2013 4:40 am - Could Americans be this gullible? After watching Senators claim that their immigration bill will fix our broken immigration system, I conclude most members of Congr...
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Seek the truths shown by climate scienceJul 18, 2013 5:00 am - Since the news media do such a poor job of covering climate change, I feel compelled to respond to misinformation on the subject whenever I see it. In a recent letter to...