Mundelein Opinion
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Mark Kirk deserves to be re-electedFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - A recent New York Times editorial raised some very serious questions about what our country is facing internationally and what the presidential candidates may or may not...
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Voters want results, not rhetoricFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - State Rep. Ed Sullivan's Feb. 15 comments about RTA funding and criticism of Amanda Howland should give voters reason for pause. If you sit on the Mass Transportation Co...
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We need time for leaders like KirkFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - I am a retired officer from the United States Army. I am a patient of the North Chicago VA hospital and have been since 1991. I saw many years where there was no help...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...
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To TV reporters: Stop the ramblingFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Regarding the shootings at NIU Thursday, will somebody please tell me why the three major Chicago TV networks have to take a story and beat it to death? They ramble on ...
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Soapbox: Goodbye, SenatorFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Journalists are a hardened, cynical bunch, but we were genuinely saddened upon hearing of former state Sen. Adeline Geo-Karis' passing this week. Geo-Karis, 89, of Zion,...
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Whom is misleading whom?Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - In a recent letter to the editor my Democrat opponent, Amanda Howland, accused me of "deliberately misleading" local taxpayers in regard to the increased RTA mass transi...
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Clemens case shows how 'whodunit' can supercharge a storyFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - As a high school journalism teacher many years ago, I tried to prepare students who cared little about current events and would never want to work for a newspaper to at ...
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Point to remember on suburban turnoutFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - The early line on last week's voter turnout in Cook County is something to crow about: record voter registration of 1.35 million, record early voting of about 60,000 ba...
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Saturday Soapbox: Hats offFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Lake County Clerk Willard Helander and her staff should be proud of the job they did recovering from the Election Night computer meltdown that delayed vote counts. The s...