Winfield Opinion
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Get cracking now on Grand TheaterMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - The debate over the fate of the Wheaton Grand Theatre is like a movie without a discernible ending. It goes on, and on, and on with plan, after plan, after plan being co...
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Oil co. assurances now ring hollowMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Nothing is without risk. Luckily, with this latest and devastating oil spill in the Gulf, we have a clearer picture of the risks and costs involved in further exploratio...
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Why would GOP pols shun Palin?May 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Joseph Ryan's front-page May 2 article, reporting on Sarah Palin's visit to Illinois for a Republican fundraiser was deeply troubling to me, a conservative Republican. ...
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Immigration debate not a racial issueMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - It is hard to understand why anyone is protesting the Arizona effort to keep the illegals out of our country. I think the Arizona governor should be applauded and encour...
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We don't need 67-year-old teachersMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Thank you for your April 24 and 27 articles on pensions. It was clear and unbiased reporting on a very controversial and difficult subject. I taught for 28 years in Ben...
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Where's the outrage over violent dissent?May 03, 2010 11:00 pm - I recently saw in the pro-immigration rally in Phoenix, Az., many protesters hurling bricks and rocks at the law officers as well as other civilians. There were signs vi...
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Which freedoms have been lost?May 03, 2010 11:00 pm - When in recent history has the Heritage Foundation ever not negatively twisted assessments of any Democratic plan? Far Right partisans hammer away at being bereft of the...
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Media bent on discrediting PopeMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Fence Post writer Joe Schrantz attempted to refute the seven reasons I gave for the mainstream press paying special attention to the Pope and Catholic problems with sexu...
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Comic strip should be replacedMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - I think it is time to replace "Stone Soup" with something family friendly. I disapprove of a comic strip that portrays sex outside marriage as something fun, that will ...
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Pension series gave distorted viewMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I am very disappointed with the Daily Herald's four part series on the pension crisis in Illinois. Blaming the problems on teacher pensions and then focusing on high-pai...