Cook County Opinion
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Schooled by 'apprentice'Nov 25, 2016 11:01 pm - Daily Herald's Nov. 18 editorial cartoon pictured Donald Trump and was captioned, "The Apprentice President." That same Apprentice just schooled Barack Obama, Hillary Cl...
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Athletics missing a teachable momentNov 24, 2016 11:01 pm - I'm probably in the minority on this one, but here goes. As an IHSA baseball umpire and former high school district administrator, I am amazed at the apparent missed op...
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The answers lie in individual actsNov 24, 2016 12:00 am - I was raised with the saying "if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem." Many are faced with a sense of hopelessness, despair, fear, anger. We as...
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Time to come together behind TrumpNov 23, 2016 12:00 am - The votes have been cast and a winner proclaimed. Our job now, as citizens of this great country, is to support our new commander-in-chief. He will, I am sure, make Amer...
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Not what was paid forNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - For the last year, we have been inundated with political ads. The last month before the election, almost every ad was political. Finally the election was over and as usu...
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Consider programs to encourage entrepreneursNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - I think creating new jobs in areas of the country that have suffered severe loss of industry is a good idea. If restoring manufacturing is feasible, that seems a good id...
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Don't replace tipping with a service feeNov 21, 2016 11:01 pm - Multiple restaurants in Chicago are experimenting without tipping, and they have results. With a rising minimum wage for tipped workers, restaurants are experiencing la...
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Editorial: Local events that unify, not divide, are a model for AmericaNov 21, 2016 10:00 pm - Last weekend, many of the national headlines focused on the so-called lecture given to Vice President-elect Mike Pence by the cast of Hamilton, the Broadway musical. The...
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Veteran gives thanks to Ivy Hill SchoolNov 21, 2016 4:00 am - Kudos to principal Scott Kaese and the teachers and staff at Ivy Hill School for their delicious breakfast and stirring patriotic program honoring veterans and active du...
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D15 bond issue was just too bigNov 21, 2016 4:00 am - By now, most District 15 residents have learned that the recent $130 million referendum was voted down in last Tuesday's election. No one should doubt that the final vot...