Opinion Stories from October 2, 2013 (Change date)
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Editorial: Going online to combat bullyingOct 02, 2013 4:23 pm - If you’ve ever been victimized by a bully, you know what an awful, gut-wrenching feeling that is. It can come in the form of name-calling and mean jokes or of being the ...
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Common Core is tied to high-stakes testsOct 02, 2013 5:00 am - It’s surprising National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel doesn’t consider Common Core part of “high-stakes standardized testing” (“Teachers union presi...
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The GOP’s purity factionOct 02, 2013 5:00 am - Like many ideological factions, Tea Party activists display a special intensity in fighting the “near enemy” -- other elements on the right that don’t share their tactic...
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Our lawmakers know wealth is powerOct 02, 2013 5:00 am - Linda Dickey’s letter in the Daily Herald on Sept. 21 fails to identify the real reason for the voting by our legislators. They support such things as reductions in food...
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For Cruz, medium is the messageOct 02, 2013 5:00 am - Of all the great television shows of last Sunday — “Breaking Bad,” “Homeland” and “Masters of Sex” — the very best was the one mounted by Ted Cruz. It was nominally call...
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Time will prove Obamacare’s valueOct 02, 2013 5:00 am - On Sunday, as I watched Republican Sen. Ted Cruz again on “Meet The Press” after his 21-hour grandstanding on the Senate floor last week, I saw an infuriating man with a...
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Thanks, Jewel, for caring for customersOct 02, 2013 4:40 am - Thanks, Jewel, for caring for customers Congratulations Jewel-Osco for putting your customers first and training your employees to serve and assist. It is difficult...
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Recalling Freedom Rider days of ‘65Oct 02, 2013 4:40 am - Recalling Freedom Rider days of ‘65 I recently saw “The Butler” and I have to say that it was great. It was also very disturbing to me. You see, I was with what I t...
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The right to know what’s in our foodOct 02, 2013 4:40 am - The right to know what’s in our food In May, Sen. Dick Durbin voted against a proposed farm bill amendment, introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, which woul...
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