Wheeling Opinion
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Define yourself as simply AmericanSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Let me get this straight. When a black person spouts their black pride it's justified, but when a white person does the same it's a hate crime? Personally I believe obse...
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Fake grass roots effort aims to derail reformSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Health insurance companies and big pharma have launched an AstroTurf campaign against reforming health care. They are paying millions of dollars to get people to write l...
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Lords Park Zoo is important part of ElginSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - My grandfather told me one of the reasons he came to Elgin was because of the very Beautiful Lords Park. I grew up going to Lords Park almost daily as a kid in nice weat...
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Let's learn from Iran, North KoreanSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I am totally opposed to the political regimes in North Korea and Iran. However, I'll give those two countries credit for one thing. Unlike the United States, they guard...
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Now's not the time to put money in trainsSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I couldn't believe the recent news conference report that the governors of Illinois, Michigan and Missouri were endorsing a plan to develop bullet trains that will conne...
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Let's put a stop to racial profilingSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - With regard to racial profiling, I truly believe that the term is over used and incorrect. Profiling is used in almost every thing we do from consumer goods to political...
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Look for resources that pay for careSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - With all this talk of health care reform, rising costs on everything and unemployment rates as high as they are I think more people need to take health care into their o...
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Ignore ignorant comments from PalinSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Regarding, Sarah Palin's recent remarks about health care and euthanasia, she has revealed herself as incredibly stupid or a blatant liar. Whichever it is, no intelligen...
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Kudos to Rosemont for nixing pokerSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The Mayor of Rosemont, Bradley Stephens, is the first mayor to denounce video poker as a revenue source. After being vilified, slandered, and the victim of Illinois part...
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New leader must fill Teddy's shoesSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - At the dawning of a new day we received the news that Edward M. Kennedy, the Lion of the Senate, in his 47th year of service from the state of Massachusetts, had died. T...