Opinion Stories from September 11, 2012 (Change date)
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Introducing President MSNBCSep 11, 2012 5:00 am - They came, they were adored, they conquered. No, not the president, his family or the numerous actors and political heirs who spoke glowingly of Barack Obama during the...
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Start fixing pension problem nowSep 11, 2012 5:00 am - The grossly underfunded Illinois pensions are a man-made calamity and train wreck of greed. No matter what the design, the state appears to have used them as cookie jars...
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Dold’s claims on Medicare not factualSep 11, 2012 5:00 am - I am a stay-at-home mom and semiretired attorney. Congressman Robert Dold called last week and asked me to stay on the line for his “telephone town hall.” As I joined, D...
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Editorial: Board member complaint demands answersSep 11, 2012 5:00 am - For several years, Grayslake Elementary District 46 school board member Michael Carbone has fancied himself as a government watchdog. He has called out colleagues and ad...
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Better off than 4 years ago? I’d say so.Sep 11, 2012 5:00 am - Are you better off today than you were four years ago? Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign zinger is back in 2012. Let’s see. Four years ago ... four years ago. That was Sept...
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Why make race a factor?Sep 11, 2012 4:40 am - To Kathleen Parker (Daily Herald Sept. 2, “The Elephant in the Convention Room”) and anyone else who wants to make race an issue in this election: President Obama is jus...
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Elgin culpable in wrongful firing suitSep 11, 2012 4:40 am - In response to Elgin Corporate Counsel Bill Cogley’s remarks in your most recent article, “Former Elgin cop sues chief, others alleging forced retirement,” I have to say...
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Get facts straight on health care lawSep 11, 2012 4:40 am - In a Sept. 2 letter to the editor, “Robinson an Obama apologist,” Bob Grens claims, “A fact is President Obama took $716 billion out of Medicare to finance his Obamacare...
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Pay teachers for longer school daySep 11, 2012 4:25 am - Pay teachers for longer school day In regards to the labor strife between the Chicago Teachers Union and the Chicago Public Schools, one must remember that the scho...
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Cut the real waste in Chicago schoolsSep 11, 2012 4:25 am - Cut the real waste in Chicago schools What’s both astounding and ludicrous about the Chicago Public Schools contingency plan for the strike is that it claims to off...
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