Cook County Opinion
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System letting minority views drive decisionsJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - How did we get here? Barely functional federal and state governments, a president celebrated for being unconventional instead of competent, runaway national debt, no tho...
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How things workJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - The Trump travel Ban is based on improving "security" by prohibiting six poor countries' residents entry into the United States. None of their residents were involved i...
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Deteriorating climate doesn't care about politicsJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - Chlorofluorocarbons, methyl bromide, carbon tetrachloride, Freon, methyl chloroform, halons and CO2. These are all components that are destroying the ozone and atmospher...
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Media must deal with issues that matterJul 05, 2017 1:00 am - One of the better metaphors I have heard recently is the "ball of yarn," referring to the president's penchant for throwing out yet another outrageous tweet just so he c...
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People letting media do their thinkingJul 04, 2017 1:00 am - Very high praise for Charles F. Falk and his opinions in the letter of June 25. I agree with most of them. Of most concern is the remark about "discredited media." In th...
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Beverage tax is arbitraryJul 04, 2017 1:00 am - I am curious as to how a law that does not treat all consumers of sweetened beverages equally can possibly be constitutional. It is my understanding that the law has bee...
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Remember the signers of the DeclarationJul 04, 2017 1:00 am - A significant activity for my Fourth of July celebration will be to reread a wonderful booklet called *They Signed for Us." It contains the stories of the 56 patriots wh...
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It's still the blame gameJul 03, 2017 1:00 am - R.J. Young of Inverness has commented about the Dems' "resistance strategy" by saying among other things they are "committed to stopping just about anything the the othe...
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Why weren't hospitals, insurance involved?Jul 03, 2017 1:00 am - Can someone please explain to me how our Congress can attempt to shape a new course for health care without bringing in the drug companies, hospitals, and health care eq...
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The real motive for traffic ticketsJul 03, 2017 1:00 am - As someone who has recently paid $100 because of the red light photo, I can say it will be a deterrent in my future travels. However, I want to point out that though th...