Cook County Opinion
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Focus on teaching healthy eating, not taxesNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - So the sugar tax for sodas has been repealed. OK. Some of the ads I saw promoting it say the soda companies target our youth, causing record rates of obesity and the con...
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His private presidencyNov 02, 2017 1:00 am - At his impromptu news conference on the White House lawn the other day, President Trump repeatedly referred to "HIS Generals" and "HIS Military'. Really? I always though...
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Ellis flag comments don't reflect communityNov 02, 2017 12:00 am - My mind cannot get around what Traci Ellis voiced in a direct quote published recently in the Daily Herald. It's bad enough what she said, but also, very provocative, w...
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Editorial: Governments' duty when public officials 'vanish'Nov 01, 2017 11:00 pm - It is an inescapable fact of nature that stuff happens. When unexpected things happen that involve public officials, however, frequently how a public body will ultimatel...
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Raising the legal ageNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - A mayor of a Northwest suburb recently said that he wanted to outlaw tobacco sales. I am not going to research the subject, but I am going to guess that tobacco has be...
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It's not about the flagNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - The professional sports community is expressing a rejection of an individual, not our nation. One person, incapable of being part of any team, has chosen to attack peopl...
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No excuse for holding up JFK documentsNov 01, 2017 12:01 am - President Trump held back several hundred JFK files to allow security officials a chance to review them over the next six months. What could they possibly be doing in th...
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The ignored solution to opioid epidemicOct 28, 2017 1:00 am - As a board-certified family and integrative medicine physician, I'm always looking for the best, long-term treatments for my patients. Unfortunately, a physician's optio...
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Remember rights of the accused in courtOct 28, 2017 1:00 am - This letter is in response to your editorial "How would camera disrupt courtroom decorum?" in which you criticized DuPage County Judge Brian Telander for rejecting a med...
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Who will lead this 'New World Order'?Oct 28, 2017 1:00 am - I could barely read Kathleen Parker's Oct 24 article "Saying things that need to be said" without thinking, "Huh?" After eight years of hibernating from voicing anything...