Park Ridge Opinion
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Failing at what they should do bestMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - First we learn that the Secret Service hired prostitutes and next we hear they used strippers. It would seem the Secret Service can’t keep a secret. Don Klemp Rolling M...
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Politics creeping into comic stripMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Politics creeping into comic strip There has been a touch of politics in a few comic strips for years to a certain degree. Most notable is Doonesbury. But most stay...
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Fraud argument weak in voter ID lawsMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald has recently published a number of Fence Post letters on the subject of voter ID laws. Some have argued they are necessary to protect the integrity of o...
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Jackson Jr. not listening on PeotoneMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Jackson Jr. not listening on Peotone Why does Jesse Jackson Jr. keep pursuing the idea of a third airport in Peotone since the people there and the airlines do not ...
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Double dipping has to endMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - I, like most of my fellow Illinois citizens, do not begrudge teachers and public employees their well-earned pensions. What I do find appalling is the large amounts affo...
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Some ideas for raising revenueMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - Some ideas for raising revenue One of the great things about living in a democratic republic such as we have here in Illinois and in the USA is that we elect others...
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County GOP needs strong leadershipMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - County GOP needs strong leadership A political heist of the Cook County Republican Party took place last month. It is a concerted effort by a single township chairm...
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Pension proposal unfair to districtsMay 03, 2012 1:00 am - A portion of Gov. Pat Quinn's solution to the state's pension problem calls for shifting a part or all of the cost of the Teachers' Retirement System from the state too ...
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Climate change is real, man-madeMay 02, 2012 5:21 am - We know that climate change denial reports and info being pumped out of many media sources is paid for by millions of dollars from the fossil fuel industries. Coal, oil,...
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Afghanistan strategy needs different focusMay 02, 2012 5:00 am - One year after the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden, I’m concerned that our government is still pursuing the same failed war strategy in Afghanistan based on bringi...