Opinion Stories from May 10, 2012 (Change date)
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‘91 percenters’ are to blameMay 10, 2012 11:42 am - In the last year, we have heard about the 1 percenters and the 99 percenters. Did you know in Lake County we have our own 9 percenters and 91 percenters? What is that y...
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The moral value of compromiseMay 10, 2012 11:43 am - In response to the April 17 letter “Why the Catholic Church has it right.” the relevant issue is not the moral authority of the Catholic Church. The moral teachings of a...
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It’s not we who do the comforting and the afflictingMay 10, 2012 5:01 am - It may be true, as some suggest, that one function of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, but it’s probably more true that our job is to...
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Dist. 73 to spend $250,000 on ineffective programMay 10, 2012 5:01 am - Like many school districts, Hawthorn Elementary District 73 is looking at ways to balance its budget for the 2012-2013 school year. The district administration also stri...
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Restaurant showed how good business worksMay 10, 2012 5:01 am - It has been our family tradition for the last few years to buy fried chicken as part of our Easter family dinner from a well-run fast food restaurant in Lake Zurich. Sin...
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Respect the laws in racial casesMay 10, 2012 5:01 am - Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and others of their ilk must have worn out a number of mirrors as they daily prepare to be front and center to any camera they can find record...
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Comic strip is no laughing matterMay 10, 2012 5:01 am - I resent having simple minded political propaganda on the comic page. “Stone Soup” is neither witty or deep, it is just a mindless insult. I believe your subscribers are...
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Our responsibility against obesityMay 10, 2012 5:01 am - Close your eyes and picture 110 million obese people waddling around America’s sidewalks. You’ll probably want to keep your eyes closed. Such is the scenario suggested ...
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Austerity as a bridge to nowhereMay 10, 2012 5:01 am - Economic austerity is a dangerous, self-defeating intellectual fad. Perhaps I should say that’s what it was, given Sunday’s election results in Europe. Perhaps I should ...
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A heroic act, a lifetime of lessonsMay 10, 2012 5:01 am - Denny Fitch was an unqualified hero, yet the measure of his life ought not be taken merely by the 45 minutes of terror in 1989 during which his efforts helped to save th...
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