Cook County Opinion
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Senate unwilling to address spendingFeb 12, 2013 4:00 am - Thanks for a needed and well-written wake up call to our do-nothing (or do-little) Senate (Our View, Jan. 28). The House regularly sends budgets to the Senate, but Sen. ...
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Forgot the tally in United StatesFeb 12, 2013 3:40 am - Forgot the tally in United States Victor M. LaPorte’s letter in the Fence Post dated Jan. 27 said that in the 20th century more than 56 million defenseless people w...
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Editorial: Yes to school shooting drills, no to mandateFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - In the 1950s and ’60s, the teacher would tell kids to take cover under desks when the siren signaled an air raid drill. Fifty years later, teachers lock their doors, dar...
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Our national security has to come firstFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - The news media and some of our federal legislators wish to criticize John Brennan for what his views on “enhanced interrogation techniques” might be. Well, I and many, m...
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House rule on review of bills is an outrageFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - On Jan. 30, the Illinois House of Representatives voted along strict partisan lines to establish the new rules of operation for the 98th General Assembly. The House Demo...
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Second Amendment not just about huntingFeb 10, 2013 4:00 am - Now that our elected representatives have decided to wrest even more of our freedoms, it’s worth remembering that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ...
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Too many dependent on governmentFeb 10, 2013 4:00 am - During the nasty campaign waged by President Obama, he and his deputies chastised Mitt Romney, a truly good and successful man, for not caring about the 47 percent. Obam...
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Good judgment lacking in gun proposalsFeb 10, 2013 4:00 am - Laws passed in haste with emotion rather than reason are generally bad laws. A good example is the recent anti-gun legislation rammed into law in New York. Under this la...
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Find better approach to spending cutsFeb 10, 2013 3:40 am - Find better approach to spending cuts Robert Meale’s letter, “Three myths about the debt ceiling,” suggests that it is unnecessary to raise the debt ceiling since ...
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Time to fight theft by taxationFeb 10, 2013 3:40 am - Time to fight theft by taxation I see where the always hungry lion is hungry once again, as evidenced by his mighty roar. “We’ve got to tax more, we are always out ...