Itasca Opinion
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Like to skip Illinois hitting the bottomJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - As I wrap up my college career, I have begun to make some important decisions about my future. In doing so, I find myself considering an option that had never seemed via...
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On unemployment and commercialsJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - On unemployment and commercials Two Thoughts: The Government should cut unemployment compensation and save lots of money. People would find a job if they didn't get...
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Ryan's greed comes back to hauntJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - As I watched the news, my heart broke for George Ryan's family. It brought me back to a place I never wanted to go: The funeral of six children. The caskets started out ...
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Welcome to new county leadersJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - The year 2011 has some new beginnings in DuPage County administrations. I want to welcome Dan Cronin to his new position as DuPage County Board Chairman and hope he exhi...
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Raising income tax the right thing to doJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - The upcoming debate on the Illinois budget will be framed in the tone of the free-spending Dems, the lazy unions, the bloated pensions, the welfare state and the job-des...
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U.S. is an imperial, corporate stateJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - We'll never solve the fiscal problems our country is in until we end the non-declared (unconstitutional) wars on the Asiatic mainland, now turning into perpetual war (sh...
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'Everything on table' means every thingJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - If the Republicans are serious about putting “every single thing on the table,” according to Mike Grim, R- N.Y. in a conversation with Diane Sawyer on ABC, in order to b...
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Oh, for the rare story with a happy endingJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Oftentimes, the news we come across is not so good. Sometimes, though, it's good. And, every once in a blue moon, the news starts out bad and ends up good. An example of...
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Criminal to blame Palin for TucsonJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Sarah Palin is being blamed for the shooting in Tucson? How inane ... as much as the young man who perpetrated the crime. She has borne so many derogatory attacks, which...
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Where is the American voice?Jan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Our government regularly steals from our Social Security fund and then tells us we must work longer to get it. The English riot when they are told to pay for college. Th...