Opinion Stories from October 18, 2017
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Protesters, consider those you supportOct 26, 2017 1:50 PM - A Libertyville letter to the editor: To all professional athletes in the United States of America. What are you doing personally to improve the health, welfare and lives of those you are protesting for?
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Message to HollywoodOct 26, 2017 1:49 PM - An Antioch letter to the editor: During the last several days, revelations about Harvey Weinstein's conduct with women over, not the last few months or years but, the last decades has surfaced very publicly.
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Ship USA is sinkingOct 20, 2017 5:01 PM - A Mount Prospect letter to the editor: So now Donald Trump is bringing up 40-year-old incidents to justify ending the Iran nuclear deal.
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Thank you, senatorOct 20, 2017 1:48 PM - An Arlington Heights letter to the editor: Our thanks to Senator Corker for his "intestinal fortitude" to speak up.
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Editorial: Keeping video gambling numbers in perspective
Oct 18, 2017 6:35 PM - A Daily Herald editorial says that while the state continues to collect increased revenues from video gambling, a broader look at the numbers leaves plenty of room to question the activity. -
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Oct 18, 2017 1:47 PM - Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the U.S. and abroad
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A defiant Tom PettyOct 18, 2017 1:00 AM - A Palatine letter to the editor: Years ago, a DJ out of Chicago summed up the song "I Won't Back Down" with a remark, "A defiant Tom Petty."
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Congress should target credit card interestOct 18, 2017 1:00 AM - A Hanover Park letter to the editor: If our Congress really wanted to help the middle class, then they should pass legislation to reign in the usurious interest rates charged by credit card issuers.
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Congress should target credit card interest ratesOct 18, 2017 1:00 AM - If our Congress really wanted to help the middle class, then they should pass legislation to reign in the usurious interest rates charged by credit card issuers. Why should these firms be allowed to charge usually 14-25 percent interest? Also, why are they allowed to charge late fees of $25 to $35 for missing a payment in that range? No wonder so many people are drowning in debt and filing bankruptcy. Congress should pass laws restricting interest rates on balances to 6 percent (600 basis points) over the prime rate set by the Federal Reserve Bank. Also, late charges should be forbidden. If cardholders miss two payments, their credit cards should be canceled. I believe these actions would help the middle class immensely, even more so than the "huge tax cuts" to come, which we hear about ad nauseam.
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A defiant Tom PettyOct 18, 2017 1:00 AM - Years ago, a DJ out of Chicago summed up the song "I Won't Back Down" with a remark, "A defiant Tom Petty." The phrasing and sense of his words seemed certainly perfect but as fleeting as anything else. Las Vegas just happened Oct. 1. It happened to all of us and we don't know why. We can only try to wrangle it into some purpose, some ultimate reason, but most of the time it's useless in this too-often-clouded stream of events, of information, of pain and sorrow.
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