Opinion Stories from September 16, 2015 (Change date)
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Editorial: Government cooperation valuable weapon to fight floodingSep 18, 2015 5:58 am - There was a time when heavy rains and rising waters on the Des Plaines River would send Gurnee village and school officials scurrying to fill sandbags. It seemed beleagu...
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Beware effects of letting judges ruleSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - A letter to the editor recently, headlined "Best of all world's with no religion" hit upon a point of order, accidentally. A quote: "Thus she is violating the law as la...
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'Fixing' Social Security is easySep 17, 2015 4:47 pm - Recently there have been a number of articles about the need to "fix" Social Security. One would hope that by now most people would know that this is a totally phony iss...
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How do we define America's 'greatness'?Sep 16, 2015 1:00 am - Donald Trump, 2016 presidential hopeful, says he wants to "make America great again." He is saying that America is not "great" now. Just what was America like when it wa...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Merkel, a model AmericanSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - It has come to this: The leading Republican presidential candidate struts like a martinet and has taken on the persona, if not the rhetoric, of a hater, while the leader...
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Hope United is happy with profitsSep 17, 2015 3:46 pm - It's nice to read in today's Herald that United"s profits have resumed to $1.7 billion in the second quarter. Sorry to hear that they are also in a tiff with Washington ...
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The true link of compassion, competitionSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - In Burt Constable's important article about the failure of Illinois to fund the essential Early Intervention program, he quotes Gov. Rauner as saying: "We can't be compa...
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Again, tollway keeps Rt. 53 off agendaSep 17, 2015 3:46 pm - Today, in a shameful move, hearkening back to the days of "good 'ol boys" government conducted in backrooms and defiant of the spirit of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, ...
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Cruz is only candidate for changeSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - After reviewing all "Republican" candidates' records and how they have voted in the past, there is only one true conservative on the list. It's Ted Cruz. All the othe...
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