Des Plaines Opinion
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Third time the charm for Seals?Oct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - On a Sunday afternoon, maybe six years ago, my husband and I heard Dan Seals lay out his plans for what he would do as a congressman for the 10th District at the Arlingt...
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Soapbox: Better to be lucky than goodOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - “I'd rather be lucky than good is a great mantra for golfers and, now too, for some private pilots. How else do you explain how a Naperville couple escaped death Wednesd...
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We need Kirk's foreign experienceOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - We live in dangerous times, and we need experienced, internationally respected leaders like Mark Kirk in the Senate to help keep our country safe. Our most loyal and vul...
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Tough times need positive peopleOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - It's unfortunate, but I'm decidedly convinced the world will never be at peace. The world as in all the people who dwell on planet Earth, and the world as in Mother Natu...
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Kirk will make Illinois a safer placeOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - As a father of two small children, I am always concerned about keeping my family safe. I support Mark Kirk because I believe he will take on crime in a hard-nosed but pr...
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Vote to steer away from tax increasesOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - That great triumvirate of deception of Obama-Pelosi-Reid and their lemmings in Congress trumpet the dictum of “soak the rich" by promising to repeal the Bush tax cuts fo...
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Look at how can we help urban poorOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - After a decade of downturn, and for the past three years the worst recession since the Great Depression, the news about skyrocketing suburban poverty this week shouldn't...
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Walker unafraid to be independentOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Walker's leadership in standing up to Todd Stroger and reducing the Cook County sales tax has earned him my vote this November. It took a businessman and a reformer...
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Make buyers pay for war on drugsOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It is alarming to read cartels are coming into the suburbs to lure our vulnerable youth into addiction. We are failing in our war on drugs. Targeting the dealers has not...
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Harris will help get state on trackOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I have lived in Illinois all my life, and I have never felt as uncertain about the future here in Illinois as I do now. Illinois has slipped to the bottom of the barrel ...