Lake County Opinion
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Protesting athletes don't deserve our respectOct 02, 2017 1:00 am - I totally, wholeheartedly, and strongly agree with President Trump's condemnation and criticism of those football players kneeling during the playing of our national ant...
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Time for truth on tax reform debateSep 30, 2017 1:00 am - In the old days when a majority of Americans were farmers, ranchers and small business owners, it wasn't necessary to explain that high tax rates on businesses would kil...
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Shame on NFL for permitting protestsSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - The Daily Herald carried The Washington Post story on President Trump's tweets on how NFL team owners should deal with protesting players saying "Trump turned profession...
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Editorial: Cook County races should be about more than beverage taxSep 28, 2017 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle avoided a primary challenge Thursday when county Commissioner Richard Boykin announced he would run for re-election to his 1...
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Where is outrage over the crisis in Yemen?Sep 28, 2017 1:00 am - Do you believe that the media coverage on the war in Yemen has been sufficient? Do you believe Americans even know we are at war in Yemen? In war-torn Yemen, 7 million p...
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Editorial: No, for now, to tax-funded bridge in WheelingSep 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Tax increment financing can prime the pump for development in the suburbs, or it can be overused to the detriment of taxpayers. The idea behind TIFs is that new propert...
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Even in protest, show respect for our flagSep 26, 2017 1:00 am - There are so many crucial educational issues to comment on, yet I find myself unable to be silent on the issue of respect for the American flag. In no way would I condon...
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An interesting changeSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - Last Sunday's Opinion page's editorial was on the issue of eliminating the Electoral College. You know that is not going to happen. What would make more sense is to elim...
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We want vote to countSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - There are historians who document that the Electoral College was in a major way created to prevent the most populated states from controlling elections. This last electi...
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Pathetic case for eliminating CollegeSep 25, 2017 12:01 am - On Sept. 17, I read one of your most bias and quite frankly pathetic arguments for eliminating the electoral college. Your selective use of "historians" to show that it...