Opinion Stories from January 10, 2013 (Change date)
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Editorial: To our departing lawmakers, thank youJan 11, 2013 9:02 am - Fifteen suburban state lawmakers left office this week, and it’s hard to figure whether they’re more likely to be sad to go out on such a low note for the General Assemb...
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Stunt shows what papers do — engageJan 10, 2013 8:41 am - All right, pay attention. Ah, well, actually, I may not have to ask that of you. If a stunt pulled by a Belgian advertising agency is any indication, you're already pret...
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The wrong RepublicansJan 10, 2013 4:05 am - “The damage may have already been done,” starts a Wall Street Journal news story about the fiscal cliff. This is damage a fix at this point can’t fix. That Washington co...
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New hospital would be a wasteJan 10, 2013 7:56 am - Vista has proposed that a certificate of need be awarded for another hospital in Lake County. This is overkill in an area already saturated with health care providers. ...
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President’s priorities on life misplacedJan 10, 2013 7:56 am - President Obama has appointed a committee to address and prevent killings similar to the recent catastrophe in a Connecticut school. A total of 28 people died in that e...
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Bad elections start in primariesJan 10, 2013 7:56 am - I would like to provide an alternative perspective to reader Ted Zukowski’s letter, “Stickers show who’s not to blame.” He argues that the voters who chose Obama are to...
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Payers are entitled to Social SecurityJan 10, 2013 4:00 am - It was late in the summer of my 18th year when the farmer who was my employer told me that my income for the year had reached $600 and he must now deduct Social Security...
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Kirk has chance to advance health careJan 10, 2013 4:00 am - I, like other citizens, congratulate Senator Kirk on his return to the Senate after a yearlong struggle to regain his health following a devastating stroke. In reading n...
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Assault weapon bill beyond absurdJan 10, 2013 3:15 am - Assault weapon bill beyond absurd In your Jan. 4 article, “Gun control proposals on hold,” writer Doug Graham refers to the proposed “ban on all semiautomatic assau...
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What behavior is really unnatural?Jan 10, 2013 3:15 am - What behavior is really unnatural? Cardinal Francis George recently voiced his opposition to the enactment of laws authorizing same-sex marriage. He opposes such le...
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