Opinion Stories from August 20, 2017 (Change date)
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Editor: Rauner misses opportunities with veto of debt-transparency lawAug 21, 2017 6:41 pm - We can understand why Gov. Bruce Rauner senses a whiff of political partisanship around a bill that would enable more of a real-time look at the state's debt picture. Bu...
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Don't let tax anger skew your perspectiveAug 21, 2017 12:29 pm - I'm a Cook County resident who was and is still angry about the recent huge "sugar" tax. I vowed never to order or shop for a sweetened drink in Cook County again and I'...
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World is watching America's response to hate speechAug 20, 2017 1:00 am - The events in Charlottesville, Virginia, continue to reverberate, but are seen as a domestic political issue. How do we reconcile Americans' right to assemble and to eng...
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America's elites respond to Trump with cowardiceAug 20, 2017 1:00 am - Much of America has reacted swiftly and strongly to Donald Trump's grotesque suggestion that there is a moral equivalence between the white supremacists who converged la...
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Comparison was wrongAug 21, 2017 12:29 pm - I rarely send my thoughts in response to one of your writers. However, after reading the article titled "Echoes of Vietnam," I must respond. The author, Georgie Anne Gey...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonAug 20, 2017 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Watching out for taxpayers, not polsAug 20, 2017 12:05 am - Congratulations to McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks for rejecting the good old boy politics by choosing the best person to fill a county board vacancy instead o...
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Doctors wouldn't be working for freeAug 20, 2017 12:05 am - To the person who believes that physicians would be treating patients for free under single provider insurance is badly mistaken. A quick google search for salaries of p...
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