Opinion Stories from September 13, 2012 (Change date)
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Consider these ideas before you voteSep 13, 2012 3:07 pm - I appreciated your recent editorial “Conventional challenges for us all” and agree on the need to critically interpret what we hear. I have some other thoughts. First, ...
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Tea Party members deserving of respectSep 13, 2012 3:07 pm - I am responding to an Aug. 24 letter from Julie Sass regarding this comment made by Joe Walsh in reference to Muslims: “We would be foolish to ignore the fact that there...
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State justices hold key to the futureSep 13, 2012 3:07 pm - The only way to save the good old USA is for every state to rewrite its laws. And even if that could be accomplished, the lawsuits would come flying from every direction...
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Teachers take hit for low scores unfairlySep 13, 2012 3:07 pm - Many of us are weighing in on the Chicago teachers strike in Chicagom which has implications across the country. What is at stake here is that those who are trained and ...
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Why honor workers who retire in 50s?Sep 13, 2012 3:07 pm - Recently you printed another article about another public employee retiring early. This time it was a deputy police chief retiring at only 53 years of age. It even merit...
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Romney’s health care ditherSep 13, 2012 11:18 am - I’m trying to figure out just where Mitt Romney stands on health care reform. Obviously, so is Mitt Romney. In an interview broadcast Sunday on “Meet the Press,” I thou...
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Editorial: Emanuel must try harder with suburbsSep 13, 2012 7:37 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his city administration are a little busy this week dealing with a teacher’s strike, as we noted Wednesday. So, that could be the reason t...
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New language might have helped tame the Old WestSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - I’m sure it must have been a dream. I was a young writer fresh from J-school and heard about the trouble in Shinbone. I strode into the newspaper office and got the atte...
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Different speeches, similar philosophySep 13, 2012 5:00 am - During a presidential election in which both campaigns seem mainly intent on turning out their most ideologically typical voters — through the endless application of con...
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No such thing as ‘law-abiding’ illegalsSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - Please help me out here. Why would columnist Froma Harrop use an obvious oxymoron to describe immigrants as “law-abiding illegal” in her recent article? Froma, you can’t...
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