Cook County Opinion
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Focus on term limits hides real issuesAug 30, 2016 1:00 am - Gov. Rauner wasted precious time writing and submitting an editorial page column expressing his concern over term limits, while, due to his failure to get a comprehensiv...
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Simple solution on raceAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - I totally agree with Michael Fuechtmann. If black people would simply become upper middle class white folk, all their problems would disappear as would the nation's race...
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Surely, assessments can be simplifiedAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - In today's mail was a letter from the Cook County assessor about the tri-annual property reassessment to determine my property taxes for 2017. I was shocked that my asse...
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We must figure out to end rule by forceAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - The initiation of force is wrong. Everything we're taught about proper behavior as 6-year-olds goes out the window when we become adults. Don't steal, don't hit, don't h...
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GOP's about what's right for themslevesAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - Republicans tolerate Trumps bigotry against Muslims and Mexicans, his insults of women, denial of climate change, acceptance of Putin's aggression against Europe, birthe...
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Drug lobby helps EpiPen set sky-high priceAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - My daughter needed to have an EpiPen in order to get her first allergy shot. The price of an EpiPen here in the U.S. starts at $500. They used to cost $50 to $100 just ...
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Elite media just doesn't like Trump's mannerAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - Ms. Parker's claim that Donald Trump's campaign is one of insult and arrogance is either a result of her failure to inform herself of his substantive policies set forth ...
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It's Madigan, not Rauner who controls stateAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - RE: Mr. Steve thompson's letter of the Aug. 20: The governor controls one-third of the votes in the House and Senate. There are 59 senators in the Illinois Senate, of wh...
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Races is more than a personality contestAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - We are drowning in a sea of corruption and lies like we have never known. The president, constitutionally only an enforcer of law, bypasses Congress to make law. Congres...
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Editorial: Barbara Glueckert and a reminder about loveAug 28, 2016 8:00 am - Bob Glueckert is 55 now, a middle-aged man with a family of his own. Four decades have passed since his sister Barbara disappeared - 40 birthdays; 40 years of births and...