Bartlett Opinion
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Health care costs out of controlJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Last year, I was furloughed by United Airlines two years after the birth of three of our four children, including a son born with chronic kidney disease. While employed ...
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Treat, don't jail, drug usersJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The so-called war on drugs was lost long ago. Every U.S. city is infected by the virus of illegal drugs. Bloodshed, mayhem, destroyed families and lost lives are increas...
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Red light cameras: modern-day trollsJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The fact is we are in one of the worst recessions since the great depression, tax revenues are down across the board, and public support for any tax increase borders on ...
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America's pastime's coefficients of changeJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Baseball aficionados and die-hard fans, despite what's foisted on the reputation of America's pastime, perpetually compare today's players to those of yesteryear. Let's ...
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If it's good for us, it's good for CongressJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Representative John Fleming of Louisiana, a physician, introduced a bill that encourages members of Congress who vote for government run health care to drop their wonder...
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Grand that parks re-eyeing theater planJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The Wheaton Grand Theater might be renovated for a cost of $19.3 million by Wheaton Park District taxpayers. Part of this proposal includes a backup agreement by two oth...
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State legislators just put lipstick on a pigJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - We have a gang of state legislators and other elected officials who appear to be more concerned with staying in power and not making waves than they are with the state o...
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Madigan should run as Lisa ByrnesJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As an independent voter I have to take exception to your opinion that DuPage State's Attorney Joe Birkett reconsider running for Attorney General of Illinois against Lis...
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Where is the justice?Jul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I have no pity for Bernard Madoff as he probably deserved what he got. But what I don't understand is what about the killers, robbers, rapists and the like who get less ...
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Daley left a mess on Irving Park RoadJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Hello Mayor Daley, are you out there? Obviously you don't leave the friendly confines of Chicago or you would see the mess you made along Irving Park Road in Bensenville...