Wauconda Opinion
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The SoapboxJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - No big deal: Some perspective from Anthony “Duff” Hufnagel, 93, of Glen Ellyn. He became the first person in the area to receive a heart replacement valve at Edward Hosp...
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Take advantage of new Harper seriesJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to thank Linda Hoeck over at Harper College, for her presentation and organizing of the parent orientation to introduce Harper’s new vocational program for ...
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Editorial: No room for confidentiality in public dealsJul 09, 2012 6:54 pm - The concern for confidentiality in some employment relationships is understandable, especially when things don’t work out as planned. But when it involves a government j...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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Get to know Bill FosterJun 29, 2012 4:40 am - It’s unfortunate that Stephen DeFillippis in his June 23 letter to the editor has formed an opinion about Bill Foster based on a brief article in the Daily Herald. If he...
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Editorial: A new approach to train for manufacturing jobsJun 25, 2012 6:00 am - Regular readers of our Opinion Page commentaries know that we long have been impressed by Harper College President Kenneth Ender’s energizing call for an integrated appr...
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Editorial: Fearing the suburbs video gambling gold rushJun 24, 2012 5:00 am - There seems to be something of a gold rush recently among many suburban communities’ officials to approve video gambling. It’s been approved in Huntley, Fox Lake, Waucon...
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Foster wrong on Dodd-Frank billJun 23, 2012 4:40 am - In the June 19 edition of the Daily Herald, 11th Congressional District candidate Bill Foster pushes the Democratic Party message by suggesting that the Dodd-Frank bill ...
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The SoapboxJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Ray and the first morning of summer: Here's how Ray Bradbury wrote about growing up in Waukegan in the intro to “Dandelion Wine.” “It was a quiet morning, the town cover...
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Police costs worthy of fresh look, tooJun 01, 2012 5:00 am - Whatever else you might say about the recent recession and prolonged recovery, it certainly has taught us in the suburbs to see many things in a new light. Sacred cows a...