Cook County Opinion
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No big, shiny bow on health care lawApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was quoted on the front page of the March 29 Daily Herald as asking, “Why is a big gift from the federal government a matter of coercio...
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Mandatory purchase no worse than taxesApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - The discussions about the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) have spent much time on the issue of mandatory purchase of insurance. During the last Bush administration t...
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It is better to be given lifeApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - With all of the heated controversy over contraception, abortion and anti-abortion and its implications in religious faith, why has not the following relevant question ev...
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Give bonuses for what really mattersApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - I thought it was interesting that not a single starter in the NCAA tourney final was from the states of Kentucky or Kansas. I heartily endorse the contention of Bob Knig...
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COD restaurant also a teaching toolApr 14, 2012 1:00 am - In a March 24 letter to the Daily Herald, the College of DuPage was criticized by a faculty member for incorporating a fine dining restaurant, Waterleaf, into our new Cu...
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Ignore the phone and vote them outApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Barry North wrote about his annoyance with political robocalls (Fence Post, April 5), and I’m sure most of us agree with him. But he made two additional points. H...
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Regulations are what protect usApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Steve Quick (Fence Post, March 26) tells us in no uncertain terms that come November, the South will rise and smite the Yankee federal regulators who have wrecked...
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Justices should stick to constitutional roleApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - What’s wrong with this picture of the American exceptionalism of America’s highest court, its dignity, its scholarship, and its incorruptible nonpartisanship? Listening ...
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Pipeline wouldn’t lower gas pricesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to compliment Mr. Silvio Pontarelli on his restraint in not calling the president a liar about the Keystone pipeline (Fence Post, April 6). However, his lac...
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Blame 3 culprits on high gas pricesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - It never ceases to amaze me when you read the newspaper how nobody is responsible for the price of gas. There are three culprits, and they are 1) company CEOs, 2) Washin...