Winfield Opinion
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Civil law is best approach to marriageDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Carol J. Wright (“Civil unions an assault on marriage,” Dec. 25) seems to be laboring under the misconception that the Catholic Church is entitled to determine the law o...
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Emanuel is not a Chicago residentDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - After all the testimony, the Chicago Board of Elections now must decide if its one-year residency rule has any common sense meaning. My pocket dictionary defines “reside...
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Support for gays misstates theologyDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - In “Letter hurtful to gays, lesbians” (Dec. 12), the letter writer expressed being offended by a previously printed letter which articulated “hate and religion-based big...
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Vouchers, not projects, for AuroraDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - For more than a year, the Aurora Housing Authority has been talking about demolishing the Jericho Circle complex and building a new complex on the same site. This new AH...
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Wheaton deserves credit for tax cutDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - The city government of Wheaton recently voted to decrease its property tax levy by more than $20,000. It is encouraging to see a city where revenues are ahead of expendi...
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About that nude photo shoot by Evan LysacekDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Being an eagle-eyed editor and all, I just knew something big was going on when virtually the entire staff was gathered around an editor's computer screen a few months a...
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Digging locally to make a differenceDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - We want to be indispensable to you. That's nothing new. As we said earlier this week, that means we want to engage, surprise and delight you. We want to cover our commun...
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Moderate voters must speak outDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Politics has been called the art of compromise. But in the past decade or so, the mindset in Congress increasingly has become one of “us versus them.” Republicans have ...
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Where's Robin Hood when he's needed?Dec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - With the intensified emphasis on class warfare the Obama administration has chosen for its divide-and-conquer agenda, we hear more and more about Robin Hood. Take from t...
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Is there a place for irreligious bigotry?Dec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - I am writing in reply to Louis S. Guagent's Dec. 11 letter on discrimination. The question is: Is it ever right to discriminate — to be a discriminating person? Is all ...