Cook County Opinion
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Accept that global warming will affect youDec 19, 2014 4:01 am - A recent letter calls global warming an invention of liberals. In fact, global warming is fully substantiated by an overwhelming majority of knowledgeable scientific and...
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Feinstein's motives are un-AmericanDec 19, 2014 4:01 am - In releasing the CIA reports, Sen. Dianne Feinstein showed her true colors. She's losing her chair in the Senate on Jan. 1, and she is getting even. Now her husband won'...
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The superrich are destroying opportunityDec 19, 2014 4:01 am - This is in response to two opinions offered Nov. 10 by Paul O. Bischoff and Jan Shaw. First, Mr. Bischoff, your views are incredibly out of touch. You claim that the "Re...
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A clarification on the local Ebola scareDec 18, 2014 4:01 am - In the Dec. 10 Your Views section, Mark Scales of Libertyville demonstrated in his comments, titled "Hospital scare deserved more focus," that he did not realize the rec...
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Congress passing bills not knowing detailsDec 18, 2014 4:01 am - Our legislators passed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) without reading it. Nancy Pelosi said it best, in essence: "We have to pass this law so we can see what is in ...
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Separation of church, state a value to keepDec 18, 2014 4:00 am - The religious right's continuous efforts to inject their brand of religion into our schools, government and way of life is both disturbing and dangerous. It has created ...
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Two writers misguided on protests, wagesDec 17, 2014 4:01 am - Tracy McGrath in her letter of Dec. 2 says that a protester who walks out of a Ferguson, Mo., store (looting) with goods is clearly not a protester but a criminal. Excus...
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GOP is sidestepping what Americans wantDec 17, 2014 4:01 am - Has anyone noticed that all Republicans use the exact same phrases when criticizing President Obama as if they were reading from a script written by Fox News? A phrase u...
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CIA torture needed, none of our businessDec 16, 2014 11:01 pm - CIA torture needed, none of our business The CIA detainees' torture report should never have been released. These Islamic religious zealots are at war with America ...
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Leaders have failed to protect American jobsDec 16, 2014 4:01 am - In the 1960s there were protests seemingly every day over the quest for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. Sometimes those protest were met with counterprotests o...