Bartlett Opinion
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Robinson column hit nail on headMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - I just want to say thank you for printing Eugene Robinson's March 10 column. Right on, sums it all up, he hit the nail on the head. The nonsense that the Republican Par...
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Disagree with Burt's 'common sense'Mar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - I would like to comment on a few points in Burt Constable's March 4 column. Firstly, the main reason the Second Amendment was written was so that we the people would be ...
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Reforms will keep insurers honestMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - It is clear what will happen if there is no health care reform: Patients will sicken to the point of permanent disability or death, employers and employees will pay to r...
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Politicians should take pay cuts, tooMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - I have a solution for the tremendous deficit that Illinois faces in the coming year. Cut all politicians' salaries in half. The governor makes $177,000 a year. Now his s...
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Wage war or care for our citizens?Mar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - It is time to address the guns or butter issue. According to the federal government's own financial statement, the defense department costs $684 billion, or $7 trillion ...
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Health care reform will lower costsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - I am in the financial industry. For years, I have seen the financial and emotional devastation of families due to non-covered medical bills. The pre-existing conditions...
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Midwives part of health care solutionMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - A letter by Peter Flowers (Feb. 8 Fence Post) stated, "Health care reform is a vital issue to all Americans." A neglected area in the debate over health care reform is m...
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Pull out the stops on U.S. intelligenceMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Be afraid, be very, very afraid, say the heads of our major intelligence agencies. Testifying before a Senate committee they said they are "certain" there will be anothe...
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Soap box: Palatine's Fiore an inspiration for all of usMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Inspiration for all of us: When Mauro Fiore was a kid in Palatine, who would guessed that he'd one day win an Oscar? If there is any message in the honor the "Ava...
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Perhaps it's 'change' for the worseMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - In 2005, then-U.S. Sen. Obama had a decidedly negative opinion on the reconciliation process he now wants to use to jam his faux health care down our throats, but like a...