Opinion Stories from October 24, 2017 (Change date)
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Editorial: Arlington police make a statement on distracted drivingOct 25, 2017 9:43 am - Police departments are sometimes accused of being more interested in collecting fines than promoting safety. Speed traps come to mind. So do holiday roadblocks. It may n...
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Flake op-ed: It's time to stand up to TrumpOct 25, 2017 11:05 am - As I contemplate the Trump presidency, I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch. On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Welch, who was the chief counsel for ...
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Editorial: A good partnership for a new parkOct 25, 2017 6:07 pm - Illinois often gets a bad rap for its many overlapping layers of government, but our local governments less frequently get credit for joining together to do something ri...
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A suggestion on North KoreaOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - The only way to solve the North Korea problem, short of war, is diplomacy. Decades of sanctions have not worked. The only way to diplomatically accomplish peace is to sa...
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It's what we do that countsOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - Our political system appears dysfunctional and occasionally on the verge of breakdown. But however dire things appear in Washington, I believe we have it within us to se...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Column for a bird cageOct 26, 2017 10:39 am - I don't have a bird cage, but I almost went out and bought one just so I could put her editorial of Oct. 18, "Is there hope for conservative re-tooling after Trump?," in...
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A Republican president said things that needed to be saidOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - George W. Bush's speech last week at a forum hosted by his eponymous institute might as well have been titled "Dear Donald." The 43rd president all but called out the cu...
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There may be no 'fix' for gun violenceOct 26, 2017 10:39 am - After one absorbs the shock and horror of the Las Vegas mass shooting, the significant question is "What is the fix?" An answer is critical because the shooter's method...
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Pence NFL walk-off an expensive stuntOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - At an Oct. 8 NFL game, the White House pulled off a very expensive stunt. At the cost of more than $30,000 an hour, we taxpayers paid for the use of Air Force Two and we...
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