Opinion Columns
-
The courage of Brittany MaynardNov 06, 2014 4:01 am - The death of death is fast approaching - fast being a matter of decades or maybe more, but sooner or later science will kill the Grim Reaper and future generations will ...
-
Horse racing can thrive if allowed to compete with casinosNov 05, 2014 12:01 am - A recent Op-Ed by Tom Swoik about slot machines at racetracks is misleading on several fronts. In the early 90s, legislation that waived the requirement that riverboats ...
-
Even less fun than usualNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - If Republicans gain control of the Senate, what will that mean for the last two years of the Obama administration? As young people often say about their relationships on...
-
The people and the sensible pendulumNov 02, 2014 1:01 am - To paraphrase Roger Miller - and, indeed, to reveal my vast store of musical trivia - America swings like a pendulum do. If projections, human nature and historical bent...
-
Gates will use his Ebola moment to expand fight against diseaseOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - "Ebola has reminded people that it is not just poor people who can die of infectious disease," Bill Gates tells me, in a characteristically matter-of-fact tone. In a t...
-
Report's release a question of 'when,' not 'if'Oct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Daily Herald readers deserve a more thorough explanation of the Village of Carpentersville's position regarding the disclosure of police reports and squad car video from...
-
Bears and wolves find a voice in the wildernessOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - If politicians preying upon your attentions this season fail to inspire, you might seek common cause with the beasts - the four-legged variety rather than those running ...
-
The inexperienced outliers and Politics 2016Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - At dinner the other night with a collection of political consultants, pollsters, some journalists and a few civilians, we went around the table giving our predictions of...
-
Funding plan punishes successful schoolsOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Recently proposed legislation, Senate Bill 16 offers a new funding formula that attempts to address disparities in the state of Illinois's school funding formula. I sup...
-
A lesson in the lavishness of graceOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - In an older, gentrifying, suburban Virginia neighborhood - the kind with porch flags and pumpkins on the front steps - I am welcomed at an indistinguishable door to an e...