Opinion Stories from June 6, 2014 (Change date)
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Editorial: Cherish the stories of D-Day veteransJun 06, 2014 5:05 am - A break in the weather was all they needed. Allied forces, emboldened by months of preparation, would soon blitz the shores of Normandy in a forceful campaign to reclaim...
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Hard to justify superintendents' payJun 06, 2014 1:36 pm - Why do we pay so much for school superintendents? That was the question that went through my mind reading about the new superintendent contracts in the Northwest suburbs...
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Ernie Pyle's D-Day, Part 1: A pure miracleJun 07, 2014 10:08 am - Editor's note: This is the first in a series of columns about D-Day by famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 12, 1944 - Due to a last-minute alter...
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Voters no longer in control of electionsJun 06, 2014 5:05 am - I never identified with Hillary Clinton on anything until about a year ago when during a congressional hearing related to the Benghazi debacle she morphed into her true ...
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D-Day, Part 2: The horrible waste of warJun 06, 2014 9:26 am - Editor's note: This is the second in a series of columns about D-Day by famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 16, 1944 - I took a walk along ...
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D-Day, Part 3: A long thin line of personal anguishJun 06, 2014 8:24 am - Editor's note: This is the third in a series of columns about D-Day by famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 17, 1944 - In the preceding column w...
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Promises were broken on road fundingJun 06, 2014 5:05 am - Illinois state Rep. Elaine Nekritz proposed using the gas taxes to fund Illinois road construction going forward, as reported in the Daily Herald on May 22. As I recall,...
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D-Day, Part 2: The horrible waste of warJun 06, 2014 9:44 am - Editor's note: This is reprinted from a series of D-Day columns written by famed World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle. NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 16, 1944 - I took a wal...
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Schools prudent with tax dollars?Jun 06, 2014 12:05 am - Once again the Geneva School Board increased spending without any consideration to the good citizens of our community. Even though this increase is minor in comparison t...
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Benghazi victims deserved betterJun 06, 2014 12:05 am - Clearly the irony was lost on our leadership when the attack began on our consulate in Benghazi. It was, after all, the 11th anniversary of 9/11. Why would the State dep...
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