Cook County Opinion
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Nation’s gun laws lack common senseMay 28, 2013 5:00 am - The Supreme Court in 2005 ruled that the job of the police is not to protect any individual. Their job is to enforce the law. With that decision, common sense would dict...
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Twice the travel time? Reduce the tollsMay 28, 2013 5:00 am - Since the Illinois Tollway was kind enough to double our tolls, I believe it would be appropriate for all tolls to be reduced in construction zones. Since it now takes t...
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Taxpayers contributed more than state workersMay 27, 2013 5:00 am - Taxpayers contributed more than state workers To counter the rhetoric that Illinois’ public pension problems are the result of it taking so called “pension holidays...
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Adults should accept consequences of choicesMay 27, 2013 5:00 am - Accept consequences of your choices Once again, I read how a professional athlete’s family is suing because he committed suicide and they feel it is due to the head...
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Relevance of biblical laws questionableMay 27, 2013 5:00 am - Relevance of biblical laws questionable The laws of Moses were or are believed to be laws of God in the Jewish, Islamic and Christian faiths to varying extents. There is...
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Obama pushing hybrids on usMay 27, 2013 4:40 am - Obama pushing hybrids on us It amazes me how this administration is continually harping on the new “hybrids.” The United States has more oil deposits under its own ...
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Just say 'thank you' to a veteran todayMay 27, 2013 4:00 am - Each week approximately 1,000 World War II veterans will die. Just look in your local papers for obituaries with a small American flag in the corner. Following are examp...
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Normandy gravesites a stirring reminderMay 27, 2013 1:00 am - As I recently wandered through the field of grave sites in the American cemetery in Colleville-Sur Mer, Normandy, France, it struck me that the straight lines of white c...
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Stop building, living on flood plainsMay 26, 2013 5:00 am - We’ve just begun our annual reminder that we’ve built too many cities on flood plains. So we declare the usual disaster areas and commend our first responders for their ...
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Always happy to run your letters: For free!!!May 26, 2013 5:00 am - Always happy to run your letters — for free!!! It was a terrifying time for Joe and Annette Huber. Joe, 75, was driving; his wife, Annette, was the passenger. The South...