Bartlett Opinion
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Support Brownfield in D23 Senate raceMar 14, 2012 5:29 am - In just a week, you and I will be heading to the polls to vote in the Democratic primary election. When I get to the State Senate race, I am voting for Greg Brownfield, ...
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Blame biology and end the debateMar 14, 2012 4:00 am - We have been reading about many issues in the news regarding gay marriage, adoption of children by gays, children who believe they were born the wrong sex and about Pres...
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GOP candidates stirring up fearsMar 14, 2012 4:00 am - With the latest headlines showing that Iran has accelerated its uranium enrichment program, 16 separate U.S. intelligence agencies indicated that there is no hard eviden...
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Politicians shouldn’t hire former lobbyistsMar 14, 2012 4:00 am - I am appalled and deeply concerned by the lobbyist influence in Rep. Joe Walsh’s office. According to data published by the Center for Responsive Politics, Rep. Walsh’s ...
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One step toward solving problemsMar 13, 2012 5:17 am - I am writing to endorse Chris Nybo as state senator in the new Senate District 24. As a former village trustee and York Township committeeman, I understand how important...
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Protector of rights U.S. has breached?Mar 13, 2012 5:17 am - So, now that the Blunt Amendment was defeated along party lines — a narrow vote of 51 to 48 that killed a measure that would have allowed employees and insurers to opt o...
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Leave airwaves to decent human beingsMar 13, 2012 5:16 am - In Rush Limbaugh’s vague apology to Sandra Fluke for calling her a slut, a prostitute, a woman who likes lots of sex, a women who should make sex tapes of her lovemaking...
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Thanks for bringing CUB to ElginMar 13, 2012 5:16 am - Thank you, state Rep. Keith Farnham, for helping to bring the Citizens Unity Board to Elgin for a phone bill analysis clinic on Feb. 17. I am glad we have an elected off...
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Chose to be responsible motherMar 13, 2012 5:16 am - In honor of National Women’s History Month, I’d like to show support to President Obama for passing a health care law mandating a requirement that religious-affiliated i...
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Think your voice counts? Think againMar 13, 2012 4:00 am - Many, many years ago I learned something about school boards that it seems Chicagoans (parents, students and teachers) are just now learning. They say that they want you...