Barrington Hills Opinion
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Saturday SoapboxNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Big Loser no more: Among the 800 runners and walkers in the sixth annual Cantigny 5K race in Wheaton was Julio Gomez, a contestant on this season's "The Biggest Loser" ...
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How long will it take to give health care?Nov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I was raised by the Greatest Generation. I especially remember the World War II years from age eight through 11. My uncles and neighbors served. This generation carried...
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If free rides go, cut sales tax, tooNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Editors, you should read your own newspaper. John Patterson and Marni Pyke nailed the facts down for you. First, half-priced fares for seniors are a federal requirement...
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Where's criticism of Obama's failingsNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Has anyone noticed or remembered all the things that our former president was accused of doing, not doing, causing, creating, neglecting, lying about, things that were m...
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Still time to vote for health care reformNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I wish to publicly thank Representative Melissa Bean for casting her vote to pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962. I applaud her for resisting trem...
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Fence Post writer has me all wrongNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Let a writer dare suggest that the mainstream media is no longer liberal, but in fact has a conservative bent, and angry rebuttals are sure to follow. That is the case w...
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Vote against reform is a vote for freedomNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I just wanted to publicly say thank you to Representative Peter Roskam for voting against the ruinous "Health Care Reform (actually "Health Insurance Regulation") bill t...
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Put rhetoric aside in health care debateNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I wonder why it is that so many Congress people are so inclined to listen to the voices of a single lobbyist over the calls and letters of constituents who pull the leve...
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Thanks for courage on health care voteNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Dear Honorable Rep. Melissa Bean, This is to express thanks on behalf of my wife and two kids, for standing on the side of the common and hapless citizens by voting in f...
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Signs were there for anyone to findNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Just one thing I haven't heard yet. I think the best way to described the Fort Hood shooter is a sleeper. You know someone who sits silently and waits then strikes out a...