Cook County Opinion
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'Vapid' column was disservice on immigrationAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - Intrigued by the headline (despite the vulgarity - thank you, Donald Trump), I read Georgie Anne Geyer's opinion piece published on July 23. It was such an astoundingly ...
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Small wonder society is so violentAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - An opening sentence on the front page of the July 25th Daily Herald spoke volumes. "Many of the nation's teachers are now among the best prepared to handle mass shooting...
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Labeling law would take away right to knowAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - The House has passed HR 1599, which prevents the Food and Drug Administration from mandating the labeling of genetically engineered foods. This bill takes away consumers...
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Immigration plan: Be more charitableAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - A letter in the July 19 paper repeats an opinion so devoid of logic that I laughed so hard coffee shot out of my nose. I refer to the nonsense that Central and South Am...
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Healthcare co-ops worse than SolyndraAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - Remember Solyndra? It cost those of us who pay taxes $500 million. Now we have Obamacare cco-ops that could cost us about $3 billion (with a B). Our leaders handed o...
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Trump, Roosevelt comparison wrongAug 02, 2015 1:00 am - In a recent column, Kathleen Parker, in her zest to pick the low-hanging fruit of a Donald Trump candidacy, wrote that Trump is "a bit like Teddy Roosevelt." She went ...
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Couldn't be more apart on 30-year toll bridge planAug 02, 2015 1:00 am - Two things illustrate the incredible disconnect between foes and supporters of the Longmeadow Parkway. 1. The scope of the project. An opposition flyer shows massive tru...
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Tried and true Sox cliché stopperAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - I have finally found a way to turn Ken "Hawk" Harrelson's myriad worn-out clichés into a positive. For the last three weeks, every time I hear an annoying utterance su...
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Help push to block pay raiseAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - On Monday, July 20, four of our fellow Des Plaines aldermen and Mayor Matt Bogusz gave our city manager a record-high 14 percent pay raise amounting to $22,000 each year...
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City manager's raise is out of lineAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - The fact that the mayor, Don Smith, and the other three alderman are "embarrassed" about the city manager's previous $157,000 salary clearly shows how they are out of to...