Cook County Opinion
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Editorial: Hope for the best, but be realistic about Arlington ParkNov 02, 2019 2:00 pm - Last month, Arlington International Racecourse marked its 92nd anniversary as the host of thoroughbred racing in the Northwest suburbs. On Oct. 13, 1927, more than 20,00...
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Voices will be heardOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - Every Republican should have to answer this question, yes or no. "Is it acceptable for the president of the United States to ask a foreign country to investigate a polit...
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Honor the ADA: Medical Diagnostic Equipment AccessibilityOct 21, 2019 11:00 pm - Last month I stood at the base of a waterfall at Yosemite National Park, thinking, "How am I going to hike 3,327 feet of elevation?" I looked up to see the rugged terrai...
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Letter: Live up to the Statue of Liberty poem's meaningOct 21, 2019 1:00 am - The Statue of Liberty poem says: "Give me your tired, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, ...
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Letter: Republican presidents have abandoned allies beforeOct 20, 2019 1:00 am - What do the Kurds and the Montagnard people have in common? Simple. They both have been thrown under the bus after having done the bidding of the U.S. For those who don...
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Peterson: Idealism amid the competing interests of foreign policyOct 20, 2019 1:00 am - Samantha Power came to prominence when she authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "The Problem from hell: America and the Age of Genocide" in 2003, which examined how ...
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Letter: Greed stops NBA from defending Hong KongOct 20, 2019 1:00 am - I am an avid sports fan but I have little desire to attend an NBA basketball game since the game has deteriorated into a greed industry. And after the recent free fall b...
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Letter: Could Putin have motivated Trump's Ukraine phone call?Oct 20, 2019 1:00 am - With the rampant coverage of Donald Trump's phone call to Ukraine, we are missing an important possibility. Trump admits that he called Ukraine. He admits that he threat...
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Letter: Get the shape of the Earth rightOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - I commend the Daily Herald for taking on the noble task of educatin' us all about the facts of this climate crisis that dooms us especially when an early fact of theirs ...
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Medicare-for-all would be costlyOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - Medicare-for-all is not socialism. Think Britain's National Health Service. Not even Bernie Sanders has suggested all medical providers become government employees. But...