Arlington Heights Opinion
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'Trust funds' not what they appear to beAug 06, 2014 5:01 am - Recently there have been more newspaper articles about the alleged threat to Social Security, Medicare, disability and other benefits from the depleting levels of the so...
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Counseling key part of genetic testingAug 05, 2014 5:01 am - As a longtime resident of Arlington Heights and an equally longtime Daily Herald subscriber, I've always enjoyed Anna Marie Kukec's business column. However, the Aug. 4 ...
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President's critics unfairly labeled racistAug 04, 2014 5:01 am - Being of only average intelligence, it took me a long time to realize that a black Democrat should never be president of the United States. Before I explain why I came t...
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Democrats have made a mess of IllinoisAug 03, 2014 5:01 am - I got a laugh out of Jim Peterson's July 3 letter and what is at best the comical description of his Democratic Party. He doesn't like a president lying to the people; "...
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Palestinians' needs must be recognizedJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - The (French, Dutch, Yugoslav, Czech, Norwegian, Polish, Greek, etc.) Underground Resistance fought the five-year Nazi occupation of their countries with whatever small w...
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Heller Lumber an integral part of Arlington Hts.Jul 28, 2014 5:01 am - As a long time business owner in Arlington Heights, I sympathize with the Heller Lumber family in regards to the TIF situation. The Heller family business has been an in...
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Keep tall buildings in Chicago, not hereJul 28, 2014 5:01 am - Here we go again! The Arlington Heights Village Board has taken upon itself to decide we need to tear down established businesses for the "new" TIF district (Daily Heral...
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Talk of 'pain' distorts public's view of taxesJul 27, 2014 11:00 pm - I just finished Bruce DeSilva's detective novel "Providence Rag." As you might have deduced by the title, it's mainly about investigative journalism. In one of the chap...
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Cartoons provide just the right commentaryJul 27, 2014 11:00 pm - "Pictures are worth 1,000 words" - it's true. I am sure I'm not the only reader who finds the humor, anger, pathos, agreement and just plain joy in the choice of cartoon...
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Coyotes are wild, unpredictable animalsJul 26, 2014 5:01 am - I am responding to a front-page news story on July 16 about an 84-year-old woman who saved her neighbor's dog from a 100-pound coyote and his pack. They were about to te...