Winfield Opinion
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Let’s not minimalize Sunday with sportsSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - What is the essence of a desirable community? A community is its people. The quality of its people determines the quality of the community. What are the traits of people...
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Pedestrians can’t just walk into trafficSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - I appreciate and agree with the letter from Richard Giering of Libertyville regarding crosswalk rights of way. While a motorist is required to give way to a pedestrian i...
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An easy first step to be part of the processSep 23, 2011 4:00 am - Sept. 6 marked the first day candidates could circulate petitions. For DuPage County residents, this means that candidates will be knocking on your door to ask for signa...
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Taxing the rich is hardly ‘class warfare’Sep 22, 2011 4:00 am - Here we go again. The Republicans are calling President Obama’s deficit reduction plan “class warfare.” Once again, they’re playing the fear card to distract us from the...
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How real was Obama’s lifeline?Sep 22, 2011 4:00 am - “Hope and change” went the rallying cry of the Obama presidential campaign. It was fervently proclaimed, and thoroughly disseminated. It was catchy, and it won Obama the...
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Like fixing a flat with duct tapeSep 22, 2011 4:00 am - Like fixing a flat with duct tape Obama, in his latest bit of class warfare legislation, will fix all that is bad with the overspending central government’s budget,...
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Flawed argument in same-sex marriageSep 21, 2011 4:00 am - I find “tradition” to be a flawed argument in the marriage and family values debates. By choosing to accept the traditional stance then it seems we should to restore oth...
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The 49 percent will remember, Mr. WalshSep 21, 2011 4:00 am - With Joe Walsh’s view (Sept. 16), we are given keen insight to this man’s behavior. Apparently Mr. Walsh misses the point about his “constituents.” This man was elected ...
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Seattle crosswalks good, not NapervilleSep 21, 2011 4:00 am - I just got back from five days in Seattle. I spent the weekend with my sisters who had never been to Seattle. It took getting used to, but cars do stop for pedestrians i...
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Solyndra scandal merits coverageSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - I’m surprised the Sept. 16 issue of the Daily Herald had no mention of the investigation by the House of Representatives and the Treasury Department into a $535 million ...