Opinion Stories from June 9, 2012 (Change date)
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Editorial missed mark on WisconsinJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Re: your opinion page editorial on Wisconsin recall. I thought I was reading from the DNC news letter. Gov. Walker’s approach toward labor has been “misguided, extreme a...
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Catholic Church is not a democracyJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - I wish people like the Splitts (Fence Post, May 26) would confine their letters to something they understand. First of all the Catholic Church (with all its strengths an...
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Fix pensions with a constitutional lawJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - With all of the well orchestrated calls for “pension reform” echoing around Illinois, I hope the legislature will consider the following: Write a constitutional law. The...
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Voter ID law limits right to voteJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to remind Patricia Stagg on voter ID (Fence Post, May 24) that voting is not a privilege, but it is our constitutional right. Driving is a privilege. Voter ...
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Wisconsin voters lead the wayJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Who’d have thought it would be those “cheeseheads” to the north who’d stand up and fire the “first shot heard ‘round the world”; ricocheting as it has, from nearby Wauke...
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Media bias depends on point of viewJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Most of us learned to identify a writer’s point of view in high school literature. It is a skill I often use when I read the newspaper. In an Associated Press story abou...
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Contributions of nuns vital to churchJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Let me begin by saying I am a cradle Catholic and a practicing one with 12 years of parochial education, so I criticize sadly. The Vatican attack on nuns is nothing more...
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The SoapboxJun 09, 2012 12:03 pm - Ray and the first morning of summer: Here's how Ray Bradbury wrote about growing up in Waukegan in the intro to “Dandelion Wine.” “It was a quiet morning, the town cover...
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Voting rights not encumbered by IDJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Michael E. Fredian argues in the May 5 Fence Post against voter ID laws, stating that such laws are unnecessary because voter fraud is almost non-existant. He cites figu...
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Politics adds to Cubs curseJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Forget the outdated billy goat curse. The Chicago Cubs now have the taint of racism on them in the form of Joe Ricketts’ intended racially tinged Super PAC ad campaign a...
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