Cook County Opinion
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The SoapboxJul 06, 2013 5:00 am - Tragedy in Arizona: The horrific wildfire in Arizona that claimed the lives of 19 firefighters was a national tragedy but hit close to home for Lake County residents thi...
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Say no to disposable plastic water bottlesJul 06, 2013 5:00 am - Did you know it takes about 15 times as much water to make one plastic bottle of water than to fill it? What a waste! But add to that, the recycle rate of plastic water ...
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Respect those with PTSD when lighting fireworksJul 06, 2013 5:00 am - Sitting at home this evening, I was surrounded by the intermittent sounds of people celebrating Independence Day by lighting off fireworks. As a mental health profession...
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Editorial: PTSD treatment warrants more studyJul 05, 2013 8:59 am - Post-traumatic stress disorder is a sad and perplexing condition that affects victims of violence and trauma and, notably, many of our military service veterans. On aver...
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Keep ours a free-will societyJul 05, 2013 5:00 am - Dear Froma Harrop: In response to your June 30 column titled “About those who abuse their health,” please check yourself in to the Anti-Pavlov Clinic before we here in t...
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Still work to be done on voting rightsJul 05, 2013 5:00 am - A recent United States Supreme Court ruling gutted a vital provision of the Voting Rights Act because “its goals have been met.” This makes as much sense as removing spe...
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Immigration bill harmful to U.S.Jul 05, 2013 5:00 am - The immigration bill has something wonderful for everybody except the American worker and our families. Some 33 million people will be given work permits in the next 10 ...
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Court didn’t force states to changeJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - Contrary to what you may have read or heard and even though the Defense of Marriage Act has been declared unconstitutional, the Supreme Court did not reverse DOMA, did n...
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Perhaps problem is the voters themselvesJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - Perhaps the problem is voters themselves If someone asked me to write a short list of current and former Illinois governors and state legislators whom I admire for ...
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Politicians fearful of saying no?Jul 03, 2013 5:00 am - Many state politicians will simply not give up any of the money offered them by state worker unions — large donations for campaign expenses so that they do not have to u...