Cook County Opinion
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A gift to rememberNov 14, 2017 12:00 am - I had the honor of listening to Medal of Honor recipient Sammy L. Davis as he addressed the Saint Viator High School Veterans Day Assembly last week. In his down-home st...
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Tax bill cynical, dishonest and harmfulNov 13, 2017 11:01 pm - As Chairman of the Way & Means Tax Policy Committee, 6th District Congressman Peter Roskam should be sensitive to tax issues that might harm Illinois. That does not app...
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Editorial: If school chief leaves early, public deserves to know whyNov 13, 2017 10:00 pm - It appears likely that by Wednesday night, a separation agreement will have been reached between Des Plaines Elementary District 62 and its superintendent of 15½ months,...
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Unions usually don't lose; taxpayers doNov 13, 2017 4:00 am - The letter from Judy Janes, "Community loses in D15 strike," is misguided. Unions put forward a list of demands and basically they win 85 percent of what they demand. To...
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Palatine District 15 spending plenty of money on attorneysNov 13, 2017 4:00 am - The District 15 school board claims on social media that they are bargaining in good faith to resolve the strike of support staff. One would think there is no money to s...
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What are they thinking?Nov 13, 2017 12:00 am - A new poll today has 91 percent of the president's base still supporting him. After all the snafus, lies, crudeness, aloofness and supposed swamp draining, the base stil...
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What about loopholes?Nov 13, 2017 12:00 am - Here's a thought: Why don't those Republican legislators who are crafting the new tax legislation get specific with the American people regarding tax loopholes and the i...
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Finally, recognition of ills of sex outside marriageNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - As a middle-aged father of a 24-year-old daughter and three young granddaughters, I see the #MeToo movement as a positive development of secular society finally recogniz...
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Grocery delivery coming full circleNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - Your story about Jewel stores launching a home delivery service got it wrong. Years ago, prior to the internet, before cellphones, Peapod, and Amazon.com, there stood a ...
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Keeping perspective on influence of electionsNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - Politically I'm a moderate conservative, I voted for Obama for Illinois U.S. Senate despite his razor-thin resume and I've always toggled between Fox News and CNN to get...