Cook County Opinion
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Cruz lacks courage in endorsement of TrumpSep 27, 2016 1:00 am - Ted Cruz showed his true stripes when he recently announced that he will vote for Donald Trump. What was revealed was a spineless politician who will say or do anything ...
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Vote to challenge status quo in Illinois SenateSep 27, 2016 1:00 am - Back in 2012 when I was running for the Illinois state Senate, going door-to-door, I heard the following. "As soon as my kids are out of school, I will leave Illinois. I...
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Clinton will not change the political cultureSep 26, 2016 1:00 am - Sadly, the deterioration in our country's political system continues at an increasing rate. The failure of the VA to provide our veterans with proper care; the Supreme ...
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Support for schools is investment in futureSep 26, 2016 1:00 am - We need each other. That simple statement is the essential part of a community. A community lives and even thrives because the people who live, work, and learn within it...
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Who works for whom?Sep 26, 2016 1:00 am - I will be the first to say that I disliked Todd Stroger for his 'mightier than thou" look on other people, let alone his express private elevator in the county building ...
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Changing their tune?Sep 24, 2016 1:00 am - I wonder how many of those involved in the stabbings in Minnesota or the bombing in Chelsea, New York, are changing their votes come November. Steve Zahareas Schaum...
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Competition, charters bad for educationSep 24, 2016 1:00 am - Education is probably one of the most important topics of our time, if not the most important. Humanity, prosperity and even violence hinges on education. Two words to...
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Hillary has her own list of 'deplorables'Sep 24, 2016 1:00 am - Hillary Clinton has decided to take an adjective, "deplorable", and twist it into a noun, "deplorables", thus creating a new self-serving word. She did this so she could...
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Throw out lawmakers who won't balance budgetSep 24, 2016 1:00 am - The elections in November are not far away. It is time for the voters to throw out the Illinois state legislators that voted for a multi-billion-dollar unbalanced budget...
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Imagine gun owners defending religious rightsSep 24, 2016 1:00 am - When the actions of a few are reason enough to eliminate a single right of freedom, it logically follows that the actions of a few could someday be reason enough to elim...