Cook County Opinion
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NRA defender of economic interestsApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - How ironic. Almost immediately after the NRA killed the legislation that would have required background checks for the sale of guns, a gunpowder explosion caused death a...
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News media ignoring abortion trialApr 26, 2013 5:00 am - There is a trial under way in a Philadelphia court accusing Dr. Kermit Goshnell, a late-term abortion doctor, of killing seven babies and one pregnant adult. Dr. Goshnel...
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Obama should stand firm against pipelineApr 26, 2013 5:00 am - Earlier this year I stood with 40,000 fellow Americans in Washington, D.C., calling on the president to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. The invigorating experience of s...
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No fear of being treated like criminalApr 26, 2013 4:40 am - No fear of being treated like criminal When we speak of immigration reform many people view it as a Latino issue because that is what is seen on television, or beca...
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Won’t be NRA in the voting boothsApr 26, 2013 4:40 am - Won’t be NRA in the voting booths The seeming inability of the Senate to take action against gun violence is telling. It is a sign of the sad state of our democracy...
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Misguided editorial on HB0997Apr 26, 2013 4:40 am - Misguided editorial on HB0997 Your April 22 editorial had many inaccuracies and mistakes. You mischaracterized HB0997, a bill sponsored by Rep. Brandon Phelps and r...
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Editorial: Drop pension perks for forest officialsApr 25, 2013 2:28 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission President D. Dewey Pierotti Jr. would like the state legislature to stay out of the commission’s business. And, generally, we’d ...
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Seniors have earned their ‘entitlements’Apr 25, 2013 5:00 am - A sincere thank-you to Mr. Ken Wuestenfeld of Elk Grove Village for his letter of April 10 concerning the “entitlements” given to senior citizens via Social Security. I ...
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Government should not redefine marriageApr 25, 2013 5:00 am - The debate over marriage is centered on the misconception that government defines marriage. It does not. Marriage is defined by sexual complementarity, which predates an...
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News for a runner especially emotionalApr 25, 2013 5:00 am - I have run in many marathons and can feel a little more emotion about the tragedy that happened in Boston. I just can’t imagine what it must have felt like to have my bo...