Opinion Stories from September 20, 2021 (Change date)
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Vaccines work and are key to stopping virusSep 20, 2021 1:00 am - I eagerly got in line to receive my COVID-19 vaccination. As hospital faculty, I was fortunate to be among the first to receive an inoculation that I and the vast majori...
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Misinformation, poor thinking on refugeesSep 20, 2021 1:00 am - Perhaps one of the most bigoted letters to the editor in my long memory was that of Doug Eden of Geneva ("Finding Homes for Refugees" on Sept. 14). First of all, Mr. Ed...
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Where are quieter jets?Sep 20, 2021 1:00 am - It's a beautiful morning in Des Plaines. A perfect morning to sit on my deck with coffee and newspaper. However - thanks to the new runways at O'Hare, it is not pleasant...
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Protect the power gridSep 20, 2021 1:00 am - We must do more to strengthen our power grid against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event. Such an event can result from an attack by terrorists or by another country (e...
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Businesses still need emergency aidSep 20, 2021 1:00 am - At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, our state and county governments led the way on deploying critical grant funding to keep small businesses afloat. Thankfully, the...
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Unified approach needed to defeat virusSep 20, 2021 1:00 am - A query for the anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers: what are YOU doing to help bring this nationwide (and global, for that matter) pandemic to an end? Americans love to tout...
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Reach beyond numbers to encourage Black college enrollmentSep 20, 2021 1:00 am - As the fall semester begins, college leaders are reviewing, assessing and dissecting the numbers to help enrollment and reduce declines. But Black students are experienc...
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Letter on refugees was short-sightedSep 20, 2021 1:00 am - On Sept. 8, a letter by a Dorothy Connors of Libertyville was published. She says among other things that the "vast" majority of Afghan immigrants did very little or not...
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The disclosures we needSep 20, 2021 1:00 am - I liked your article on elected officials financial disclosures, which is nothing but a sop to us taxpayers, trying to show us how honest our elected officials are. The ...
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