Cook County Opinion
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Please help our military personnelNov 21, 2016 4:00 am - The Women's Club of Inverness wishes to thank our past and present service members and encourages the support of Shoebox Express with a donation of personal items or sin...
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Teacher contract torpedoed D15 bond issueNov 21, 2016 4:00 am - District 15's bond proposal did not lose because of its merits. It failed to be approved because the community has no trust and no confidence in Scott Thompson or the cu...
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Peaceful future starts with each of usNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - To those on the left and those who have taken to the streets: Please, stop burning the American flag. Please, stop bashing in sculptured heads of Donald Trump. Please, s...
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A telling contrast in views of electionNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - I was absolutely stunned by two columns on your Nov. 11 Opinion page. One by Michael Lissack was a thoughtful explanation of his view on the election and calling for giv...
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Health insurance is not affordableNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - I agree with anyone who says health insurance is not affordable. JoAnne Lee says she's self-employed, but I'm not employed at all. I lost my job 11 months ago and could ...
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'Locker-room' banter not so harmlessNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - When I was in my twenties, I lived with a girlfriend on the near north side of Chicago. It was a nice neighborhood of two flats not far from the Steppenwolf Theatre. We...
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Yes, there are checks on presidential powerNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - With all due respect to Mr. Holland's opinion in his letter from Arlington Heights … Congress IS a complete check on the president. That's how our Founding Fathers estab...
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Again we use children as an excuseNov 19, 2016 12:00 am - Cook County Commissioner Tony Preckwinkle cast the decisive vote in favor of adding a tax of one cent per ounce on soft drink beverages sold within the county. These ine...
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Consider consequences of tighter immigrationNov 19, 2016 12:00 am - I'm watching a young Mexican man diligently washing dishes and cleaning tables, and I think to myself, "Why would we want to deport this person?" He's just trying to ear...
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Only herself to blameNov 19, 2016 12:00 am - Rejecting someone who should have been president? I said it all along that President Obama decided that the people should be the arbiter on Hillary's guilt or innocence....