Winfield Opinion
-
Stamping out asthma inhaler menaceOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - At last those who recognized the genius of Barack Obama are vindicated. While he diverts attention by attacking the half of U.S. households who actually pay income taxe...
-
Poor judgment on ‘White City’ houseOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - I echo the letter of Sharon Lundstrom of Barrington Hills concerning “The Devil In White City” haunted house in Rosemont. I shake my head at the editorial judgment of th...
-
How do they sleep at night?Oct 01, 2011 4:00 am - How do the people who rule American industry and investment sleep? They claim that government regulations make it excessively burdensome to expand their businesses and c...
-
Sense of entitlement is too much to bearOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Is there any wonder where this entitlement culture has come from? We have bureaucrats spending 16 dollars for a muffin, we have other taking trips on the taxpayers money...
-
Illegal immigrant flow not under controlOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Froma Harrop’s column in the Aug. 25 Daily Herald was a surprising piece for me to read. Her claim that enforcement of illegal immigration laws has reduced significantly...
-
Cost of maintaining natural areas worth itOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - Thanks for Deborah Donovan’s article and Bob Chwedyk’s photographs in the Sept. 25 Home and Garden section about the 80-acre conservancy area that enhances the Estates o...
-
Blame the terrorist, not the religionOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - In reference to a Sept 28 Fence Post letter, “What else is one to think?”, terrorism is violent extremism. The radical extremist is to blame for the act, not religion. ...
-
New approach needed to win war on drugsOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - A few years ago, I took part in a program to help inmates at Dwight Correctional Center express their feelings by writing and then acting out what they had written. I sh...
-
Bin Laden taken out by SEALS, not SWATSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - I had to shake my head in disbelief when reading the Fence Post item titled “Anything but more GOP leadership.” The writer, Marion J. Reis blames Republicans for everyth...
-
Blame Bernanke for retirees’ woesSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - You can thank Ben Bernanke for the recent stock market decline and the sluggish economy the past year. His steps to bring down long-term interest rates have further exac...