Opinion Stories from September 20, 2021 (Change date)
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Where are quieter jets?Sep 22, 2021 1:09 pm - It's a beautiful morning in Des Plaines. A perfect morning to sit on my deck with coffee and newspaper. However - thanks to the new runways at O'Hare, it is not pleasant...
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Unified approach needed to defeat virusSep 22, 2021 1:09 pm - A query for the anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers: what are YOU doing to help bring this nationwide (and global, for that matter) pandemic to an end? Americans love to tout...
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Misinformation, poor thinking on refugeesSep 22, 2021 1:09 pm - Perhaps one of the most bigoted letters to the editor in my long memory was that of Doug Eden of Geneva ("Finding Homes for Refugees" on Sept. 14). First of all, Mr. Ed...
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Letter on refugees was short-sightedSep 22, 2021 1:09 pm - On Sept. 8, a letter by a Dorothy Connors of Libertyville was published. She says among other things that the "vast" majority of Afghan immigrants did very little or not...
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Vaccines work and are key to stopping virusSep 22, 2021 1:09 pm - I eagerly got in line to receive my COVID-19 vaccination. As hospital faculty, I was fortunate to be among the first to receive an inoculation that I and the vast majori...
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Protect the power gridSep 22, 2021 1:09 pm - We must do more to strengthen our power grid against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event. Such an event can result from an attack by terrorists or by another country (e...
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Reach beyond numbers to encourage Black college enrollmentSep 21, 2021 9:29 am - As the fall semester begins, college leaders are reviewing, assessing and dissecting the numbers to help enrollment and reduce declines. But Black students are experienc...
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The disclosures we needSep 22, 2021 1:09 pm - I liked your article on elected officials financial disclosures, which is nothing but a sop to us taxpayers, trying to show us how honest our elected officials are. The ...
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Businesses still need emergency aidSep 22, 2021 1:09 pm - At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, our state and county governments led the way on deploying critical grant funding to keep small businesses afloat. Thankfully, the...
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