Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Letter: Respond to the needs of those with autismOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - As a parent of a soon-to-be-young adult with autism/developmental disabilities, who will soon be aging out of the school systems at age 22 in Illinois, who has seen this...
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Letter: Removing Trump isn't about hateOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - Hatred is not the motivation for removing Donald Trump from the presidency; rather, the catalyst is dedication to the values embedded in the Constitution. Trump poses an...
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Letter: Never capitulate to forces of tyrannyOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - Diplomacy is one of the most powerful and treasured tools in America's efforts to secure liberty. Therefore, negotiation must be reserved for our allies that hold the co...