Island Lake Opinion
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Manzullo should be re-electedApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The word "party" is thrown around quite a bit when talking about government. But Congress is not a party, it is hard work. And Don Manzullo is one of the hardest workers...
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Shaking a baby is never the right moveApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - April is Shaken Baby Awareness Month. Based on a North Carolina research project published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in August of 2003, approxim...
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Health care law will benefit allApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - I voted for Bill Foster because I believe he is an intellectual and forward-thinking individual. He has firsthand experience with small businesses and what it takes to b...
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Unemployed, sick didn't choose fateApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - As a gainfully employed American taxpayer for the last 38+ years, I feel extremely fortunate to not have to suffer the indignity and humiliation that the right wing cons...
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Don't smear right wingApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - The other day Eugene Robinson wrote a collumn in the Daily Herald about the recent arrest of the Michigan based domestic terror group. This column seemed very biased, se...
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Stop signs, lights are not optionalApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Stop: To cease or halt the movement, progress, action, or operation of. (Heritage Dictionary) Once again I was almost rear-ended by a soccer mom talking on her cell phon...
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Kirk not listening to his constituentsApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - I felt the necessity to write my local congressman Mark Kirk. I usually don't get a response and I felt that it was important to tell the public that some of the people ...
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Let's stress how to turn leftApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - One of the hardest things about driving seems to when it is safe to make a left turn. Today's story about two kids turning left (I assume) into Waubonsee Community Colle...
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Bravo to all you public defendersApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The recent news story about the attack on court-appointed attorney Ron Dolak exemplifies the difficulty of the job of being a criminal defense lawyer, particularly a cou...
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Bean not much of a 'representativeApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The health care debate and its passage has been a polarizing issue, polarizing on the constituents and their representatives. Any poll of the 8th Congressional District ...