Burlington Opinion
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Not about how much money you raiseJul 22, 2015 12:00 am - "Total insensitivity to Chicago, African-American women and the democratic process." These words were spoken by Andrea Zopp after Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth was endor...
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Punishment for giving opinion?Jul 21, 2015 12:00 am - There's been people from the beginning of our country out there fighting for our freedom and that freedom should include the freedom of speech. If someone is seeing thin...
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It all adds up to misplaced prioritiesJul 19, 2015 1:00 am - I just read that Algonquin wants to build a bike path for $712,000. Did I read last year that Algonquin laid off three firemen because there was no money? Living in Elgi...
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Editorial: Playing it smart at summer schoolJul 13, 2015 11:00 pm - It's July 17, the temperature is north of 80. Your friends are at the pool, kicking back and getting nothing done. Or working a minimum-wage job to keep busy before scho...
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Indignation not consistent with factsJul 13, 2015 1:00 am - While Mundelein resident Charlene Hill may not like Mayor Steve Lenz's remarks, her indignation is not consistent with facts. There is a plethora of research indicating ...
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Wars that were worth fightingJul 12, 2015 12:00 am - So Georgie Anne Geyer tries again to second guess all wars since World War II. So Vietnam was a post-colonial war? Of course we were trying to replace the French. We wer...
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What $12 million would do for DetroitJul 08, 2015 12:00 am - Congress did it again, gave Obama a freer hand in trade talks. We need more free trade talks, remember the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 that was going to ...
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Giving our country away to ChinaJul 07, 2015 12:00 am - China takes our jobs, builds islands in the South China Sea, hacks our government and corporations, steals our secrets and technology, manipulates currency and cheats on...
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Time for U.S. to get tough on ChinaJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - Multinational corporations send jobs to China. America workers lose their jobs and standard of living. They shop for cheap cloths, toys, tools, etc., at Wal-Mart. Most o...
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No longer by and for the peopleJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - I am a World War II veteran, and in my lifetime I never thought I'd see the American dream and a country by the people and for the people fade away. The people now days ...