Opinion Stories from July 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Drivers, don’t let big dogs in front seatJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - This issue of text messaging while driving is frustrating enough, but there is another problem: Pet owners who keep large dogs unrestrained in the front passenger seat. ...
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Church should learn from local caseJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - After reading a June 10 article about a priest stealing $410,000 from his church in Joliet, it was interesting to note that the diocese took immediate action. After an i...
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Stop deer culling; leave them aloneJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - Seventy healthy, innocent deer were slaughtered to undergo expensive testing of questionable value for chronic wasting disease by the Illinois Department of Natural Reso...
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Weather safety is your responsibilityJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - Our former home in Cincinnati was in the path of the deadly F-4 Montgomery-Blue Ash tornado. Most people did not hear the sirens. There was no roaring train sound. For o...
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Is there irony in Kevorkian’s death?Jul 01, 2011 3:01 am - Dr. Jack Kevorkian died in the non-assisted suicide of state of Michigan. Though he suffered painful respiration and kidney problems, he decided not to use his suicide m...
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Citizens must get involvedJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - Jim Slusher’s recent article regarding political “gerrymandering” (defined as “dividing election districts so as to gain partisan advantage”) is right on. In Illinois th...
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Church leader perfect fit as jury forewomanJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - For a short time, she was known to the world as Juror No. 146, forewoman of the jury that convicted former governor Rod Blagojevich of a boatload of criminal charges. In...
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Apply cigarette-type warnings to abortionJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - The June 21 article, “FDA reveals new graphic cigarette labels,” says that the FDA and other proponents of its newly required, graphic warning labels champion these labe...
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Obama’s economic irrelevanceJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - If there is a single moment that symbolizes President Obama’s dramatically altered re-election prospects, it was his visit to a Jeep plant in Toledo on June 3. Obama’s r...
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Indifference key to losing libertyJul 01, 2011 3:01 am - Three steps to losing liberty: 1. Indifference to gerrymandering. In your editorial of June 26, you rightfully declared that our liberty is at stake if politicians can r...
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