Carpentersville Opinion
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Photos of stillborns helpful for grievingJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I wanted to tell you that the recent article on parents holding their stillborn infants was very tender and well done. A really good thing! We had a stillborn child on M...
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Grafton town hall will cost usJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - For 20 years, I served as a trustee for Grafton Township working with others very dedicated to the needs and pocketbooks of our fellow Grafton Township citizens. Over t...
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Look at success of adult stem cell workJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - What a great article I just read: An Aurora city employee donates bone marrow, and a youngster's life is saved by it. Fantastic. Bone marrow transplants have been aroun...
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One bad read on health care solutionJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - After reading Terry Gavin's derision of Al Kirkland's article about reforming the health care system to cover everyone and eliminate the insurance companies' profit, I s...
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Be proactive against pesky mosquitoesJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Two sure signs of summer are expected to surface this week - one welcome, one not so. Meteorologists say the warmer weather we've been craving after what seemed to be a ...
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Society will suffer from budget cutsJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently, a state legislator told me that he couldn't vote for a tax increase because he didn't know how the additional revenues would be spent. He voiced the understand...
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Wisdom from the mouths of babesJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Conversation at my favorite restaurant can be lively or boring. Sometimes points are argued to tedium. No room at the counter, I was forced to have a late breakfast in o...
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Get your pets spayed or neuteredJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - A particular breed of dog is not at fault when usually off-leash, off-property attacks occur. How to control aggressive wayward dogs, male and female, when owners don't ...
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Why can't I celebrate, too?Jun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I cannot believe what I have just read. A congressman proposes a "Year of the Bible" and so many people are going ballistic. I don't understand. The one critic I want to...
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I won't compromise my morals. I'm CatholicJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - This letter is written in response to an article that appeared in the Daily Herald Monday, May 11, titled "Catholic political divide exposed." The article states, Patric...