Elgin Opinion
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How will Obama respond to Kim?Nov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald headline story Nov. 24, “Tough Korea Choice,” from The Washington Post discusses the quandary over how to respond to the most recent provocation by the ...
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Not all are swayed by retail come-onsNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Dear area mall managers (and you know who you are): For the holiday season you and your staff do not need “shoppers,” you need buyers, and in this current economy, I wis...
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Obama has done plentyNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Mr. Chuck Barr of St. Charles recently wrote a Fence Post letter headlined “Obama has done nothing so far.” Let's see, in two years President Obama has saved the U.S. au...
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Give equal space to gun rights advocatesNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - On the Friday after Thanksgiving, your editors saw fit to run a huge series from The Washington Post on how legally purchased guns have been obtained by felons, and how ...
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Football at Wrigley all about the cashNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Contrary to local sports media hype, the recent sandlot exhibition at Wrigley Field between Northwestern and Illinois deserves to be nowhere but in the Hall of Shame. I...
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The end of an era, thank heavenNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Someday, as mom always said, we'll look back at this and laugh. We'll chuckle at Cook County President Todd Stroger's snubs and broken promises that had Northwest suburb...
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Hospitals a boon to Kane CountyNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - If we heard one thing loud and clear on Nov. 2, it was that the economy trumps all else. Recovery of jobs, improving the economy these are the concerns that voters took...
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Show compassion to immigrantsNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Immigration is one of the central issues facing our society today, generating strong reactions in the public square. As Christians from the Church of the Brethren, we be...
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Are you getting that assessment freeze?Nov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - I have discovered that several people who qualify for and have applied for the senior assessment freeze exemption for the 2009 second installment property tax bill have ...
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Top 2 percent don't deserve tax cutsNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - The argument for extending the Bush tax cuts for the upper 2 percent is that this small segment of Americans are the most creative, adventurous job-creating engines that...