Cook County Opinion
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Rauner put safety first by signing TRUST ActAug 31, 2017 1:00 am - After 30 years in law enforcement, I understand how state policy influences our officers and their communities every day. I also appreciate that members of law enforceme...
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Editorial: Creating job and hiring ally fuels skepticism about township governmentAug 30, 2017 11:00 pm - Early in August, Maine Township Supervisor Laura Morask created a $30,000 job out of her General Assistance budget - a part-time director of fundraising for the township...
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Ludicrous to link sugar tax, health concernsAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - While the premise of Michael Bloomberg's ad regarding the adverse effects of sugar on children is spot on, the fact that Toni Preckwinkle uses it as an excuse to increas...
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Editorial: Everyone can help Houston overcome HarveyAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - Homegrown Illinois residents don't know what living through a hurricane is like. And we certainly haven't been faced with a historic 50-inch rainfall. But flooded homes ...
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Shakespeare revisitedAug 29, 2017 1:00 am - A writer to the Daily Herald is concerned about too much coverage of gay issues, and cites Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as an example of love between a man and woman. ...
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Elites focus on politics while ignoring real issuesAug 29, 2017 1:00 am - For the past eight years, we have had a foreign policy based in appeasement, extremely questionable over-regulated economic policies and an agenda bent on changing and r...
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Funding needed for Alzheimer's researchAug 28, 2017 1:00 am - There are more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and more than 15 million unpaid caregivers. When my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2010...
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Keep controls on free-speech rightsAug 28, 2017 1:00 am - The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right of free speech and the right to peaceably assemble. Many read this Amendment as an absolute right. Not true...
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Walls don't have a good record of successAug 28, 2017 1:00 am - Our president recommends extending the wall between Mexico and the U.S. to prevent undocumented foreign nationals, looking for a better life, from entering the country. ...
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'Free' health care would have a very high priceAug 28, 2017 1:00 am - Twenty-five years ago, I was the general manager of a small industrial machinery company. The owner retired and sold the company to a European conglomerate. When the CEO...