Carol Stream Opinion
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Thanks for veto of voter registration billSep 16, 2016 12:01 am - My goodness, what hostility came from the letter writer about Gov. Rauner attending the Illinois State Fair with his cowboy hat and forgot his chaps. The writer points o...
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Mexico won't really pay for the wallSep 06, 2016 12:01 am - If Trump is elected, his administration will presumably build a pricey wall along the border with Mexico. Sadly, that wall will be ineffective while sticking American ta...
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Kaepernick's call a timely audibleSep 05, 2016 1:00 am - In the game of life, sometimes one feels compelled to "call an audible." San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick was exercising his First Amendment right to free speech when...
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President Trump will reward the wealthyAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - After an Aug. 8 speech to the Detroit Economic Club, the Daily Herald's headline read "Trump and the GOP are 'in sync' on tax cuts." Be afraid, voters, be very afraid wh...
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Illinois must be voter-sensitive againAug 26, 2016 12:01 am - I have been following the Independent Maps proposal for two years and have helped to solicit people to sign the petition. I was delighted to hear that over 560,000 signa...
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What will it take for GOP to dump Trump?Aug 22, 2016 1:00 am - There are no longer words strong enough to express my disgust for Donald Trump. What bothers me even more is that Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and/or Rob Portman, etc. did...
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No one said legal immigrants weren't welcomeAug 18, 2016 1:01 am - In response to the views of Chris Cantele of Lisle: It seems you are the uninformed and misguided one. No one to my knowledge has ever said legal immigrants are not welc...
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Immigrants help make America greatAug 17, 2016 12:01 am - Given the hostility to immigrants often expressed by many Republicans, including Donald Trump, I am relishing the unavoidable fact that Simone Biles - our extraordinary ...
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Voters, don't ignore how reps voted for stopgapAug 13, 2016 1:00 am - I read with interest Rep. Harris' Guest View in the Aug. 1 Daily Herald. I have a different take on his discussion of the stopgap spending plan. He notes all the reasons...
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Fact-checking shows difference in candidatesAug 12, 2016 1:00 am - This year's presidential election provides the ultimate test for this country's fitness for representative democracy. Hillary Clinton is one of the most qualified candid...