Cook County Opinion
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Once again, Obama late on his decisionSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - President Obama again is late on decision making, as with Benghazi, with his church in Chicago and when he was an Illinois senator. Now he can blame Syria on Congress. W...
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Assad wouldn’t have used chemical weaponsSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - I voted for Barack Obama the first time because John McCain wanted to start a war with Iran. I voted for Barack Obama the second time because Mitt Romney’s foreign polic...
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Mideast nations must find their own solutionsSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - Don’t! Don’t! Don’t! We attack. They counterattack. What do we do then? Seems like another war, doesn’t it? Let the Mideast find its own solutions for a change. Mr. and...
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Conventional warfare can be equally destructiveSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - After 100,000 deaths in the Syrian civil war, why has this government now entered the fray after suspicions that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons to kill ...
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Duckworth runs afoul of ConstitutionSep 08, 2013 4:14 am - Duckworth runs afoul of Constitution Much coverage has been given recently to The NSA domestic spying program, including X-Keyscore unit where emails and Internet p...
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Voting is key to solving problemsSep 07, 2013 5:00 am - As a retired classroom teacher, I compliment the Obama and Quinn administrations for being motivating factors to increase insightful thought and deeper analysis of polit...
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Military-style weapons are for militarySep 07, 2013 5:00 am - In answer to Mr. Gideon’s rebuttal of Sept 4. After extolling the virtues of everyone carrying around assault rifles, his initial letter very clearly said, “...... An ar...
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Don’t let Syria policy repeat historySep 07, 2013 5:00 am - It has been said many times; “Those who ignore history tend to repeat it.” This seems to be the story of our government. In spite of being the “world’s greatest super po...
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Why a special tax just for DuPage?Sep 07, 2013 4:06 am - Why a special tax just for DuPage? My thanks to the Daily Herald for covering the recent protest at the DuPage County Board meeting Aug. 27. This is something which...
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Editorial: The search for middle high ground in flooding controversySep 05, 2013 9:41 am - Sometimes there are no easy answers in conflicts between citizens and local government. But almost always there are answers that can ease the conflict. Consider a contro...