Cook County Opinion
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Be ready for higher electric billsJun 09, 2014 5:01 am - President Obama unveiled his clean air initiative last week. I hate to disappoint everyone, but it won't amount to anything but higher electric bills and could also lead...
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Problems with coal outweigh any benefitsJun 09, 2014 5:01 am - In a sluggish economic recovery, the EPA's new carbon rules aimed at eliminating coal as an energy source are a welcome relief. According to a 2010 Harvard study, "Full ...
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Tax on pensions, retirement income?Jun 08, 2014 12:01 am - The federal government taxes pension, annuity and retirement income, in addition to (possibly) up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits, based on total household inc...
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Team purchase highlights messed-up prioritiesJun 07, 2014 5:01 am - Donald Sterling paid $12.5 million for the Los Angeles Clippers and may receive a healthy portion of a cashier's check worth over $2 billion from Steve Ballmer, ex-CEO o...
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Commercialism perilous to public schoolsJun 07, 2014 5:01 am - Heidi Reich, a courageous New York public-school teacher, expressed her views on the Common Core State Standards and high-stakes testing in a letter that was recently pu...
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Rise up to protest handling of VAJun 07, 2014 5:01 am - Why aren't the veterans and their supporters massing on the National Mall of Washington, D. C.? Throughout history, the Mall has been the site of many gatherings to ral...
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Obama doing what's right on climate changeJun 07, 2014 5:01 am - President Obama's announcement that the EPA will require power plants to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent may prove to be the most important thing he has done. Cyni...
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Surely, VA scandals aren't new to all?Jun 07, 2014 5:01 am - I never know whether to laugh or cry when I read the news regarding the VA hospitals. It isn't possible that I am the only person that knows this has gone on for years a...
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Hard to justify superintendents' payJun 06, 2014 5:01 am - Why do we pay so much for school superintendents? That was the question that went through my mind reading about the new superintendent contracts in the Northwest suburbs...
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Voters no longer in control of electionsJun 06, 2014 5:01 am - I never identified with Hillary Clinton on anything until about a year ago when during a congressional hearing related to the Benghazi debacle she morphed into her true ...