Opinion Stories from November 16, 2013 (Change date)
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What next after same-sex marriage?Nov 16, 2013 4:00 am - Now that our brilliant, hardworking state legislators have decided that the only criterion for legalizing same-sex marriages is that two people love each other, I can’t ...
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Let all couples enjoy bliss of marriageNov 16, 2013 4:00 am - Congratulations to Springfield on allowing same-sex marriage to be legal in the state of Illinois. The Webster Dictionary definition of marriage is: “The act of marryin...
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Does president really “know nothing”?Nov 16, 2013 4:00 am - We heard it over and over again during the presidential campaign. It was Mr. Obama’s mantra, “If you like your health insurance plan, you can keep it. Period.” “If you l...
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Quinn’s got it wrong on ‘progressive’ taxNov 16, 2013 4:00 am - As Illinois’ debt increases by at least $21 million per day, we hear calls by Gov. Pat Quinn and many in the state legislature to move to a “progressive” state income ta...
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The SoapboxNov 16, 2013 4:27 pm - It was a quake: Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey say it was an earthquake that shook some western suburbs after a quarry blast earlier this month — further evide...
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GMO food labeling needed for our healthNov 16, 2013 4:00 am - Just as food manufacturers opposed laws to print nutrition facts on the food we buy at supermarkets, now they are spending millions of dollars to kill ballot measures th...
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Obamacare signup a complete disaterNov 16, 2013 3:40 am - Obamacare signup a complete disater Absent from the Nov. 1 edition of the Daily Herald was the results of the number of people signing up for Obamacare that was rep...
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An ego that comes along once a centuryNov 16, 2013 3:40 am - An ego that comes along once a century Our fairly recent improvement in intrapersonal communication, has been a blessing and a curse. The bull can be distributed wi...
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Why do GOP, fat cats get to hoard?Nov 16, 2013 3:40 am - Why do GOP, fat cats get to hoard? In the face of rampant unemployment and underemployment, the United States spent $682 billion on its military in 2012. The two wa...
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Pols did right thing on marriage voteNov 16, 2013 3:40 am - Pols did right thing on marriage vote For decades Illinois was, and is, the land corrupt, gutless, scheming, “what’s in it for me,” and criminal politicians. Never ...
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