Cook County Opinion
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Carbon tax is essential to addressing climate changeSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Thank you for the Sept. 9 Hartstein column highlighting the Northbrook Climate Action Plan. This plan included community input at every step and is ambitious. Near the e...
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Speaking Out: Regardless of the name, 'community' is key to OaktonSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Oakton Community College recently voted to change its name in the near future to Oakton College. One can debate the pros and cons of such a name change, but "community"...
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Editorial: COD's Frida Kahlo exhibition was a bold dream that lived up to the hypeSep 14, 2021 1:00 am - In November 2018, the College of DuPage made an announcement that was as bold as it was surprising. The community college would host an exhibition of 26 original pieces ...
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Editorial: At 50, Woodfield remains the gamble that paid offSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - In 1971, then-Schaumburg Mayor Robert Atcher took a trip to London, stopping in to see one of its city planners. The planner, he claimed, greeted him with "How's Woodfie...
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What can we do about violent, hateful social media posts?Sep 08, 2021 1:00 am - Social media becomes more and more pervasive in our lives every year. According to a 2021 Pew Research study, a majority of the 77% of Americans who own a smart phone sp...
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Hartstein: Local climate action plan is giving us a road mapSep 08, 2021 1:00 am - Climate change is now a climate emergency, but local action plan is giving us a road map. Science matters! We have seen that during the pandemic: Scientists tells us if ...
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Hartstein: Let's keep masks on in schools to protect kidsSep 08, 2021 12:00 am - As a citizen, a grandparent and as a former mayor and school board member who understands the importance of making policy based on what is in the best interest of all wh...
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Editorial: Agency's creative proposal to buy hotel to help the homeless deserves considerationSep 02, 2021 1:00 am - Homelessness in the suburbs is a complex problem that demands creative solutions. One group in DuPage County has an innovative idea that is worth serious study. DuPagePa...
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Congress must pass the Global Health Security ActSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - Americans have reached a dangerous level of complacency in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among my vaccinated friends, a common sentiment is that we've done all we p...
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Uninformed letter on mask mandate shouldn't have been publishedSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - You had no reason to publish the stupidity of this guest columnist. ("Masks in schools should be a choice, not a requirement," Aug. 19) His comments are ignorant and mis...