Cook County Opinion
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We need more than lip service to moral decencyNov 23, 2017 12:00 am - The recently published "Our democracy is at a crossroads" by Karen Wagner in "Your Views" makes the interesting point that there are "evil forces" influencing our presid...
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The friend we neededNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - The recent Daily Herald article regarding FEMA's denial of benefits to victims of record flooding in several Illinois counties while approving help in some Wisconsin cou...
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Modernize assessments to make them more fairNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - To Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios and Chief Deputy Assessor Christopher Crowley. I received your letter of Nov. 3 stating your analysis of my assessment appeal indi...
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Editorial: Two suburban school leaders who do it the right wayNov 20, 2017 10:00 pm - The news has been relentless in recent weeks. Story after story on leaders in film, politics and journalism abdicating their leadership roles in favor of power and grati...
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District 62 could have handled Floyd Williams matter betterNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - Last night we learned that the superintendent of District 62 schools, Floyd Williams Jr., is leaving the district in December with a separation agreement that will pay h...
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DOJ boss' failure to recall is astonishingNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - I am concerned about our Secretary of the Department of Justice's memory. After five hours of testimony, his failure to recall or remember important details of the Trump...
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Somebody will lose in a consolidation of districts 57, 59Nov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The front page article of Nov. 14, 2017 on the consolidation of Districts 59 and 57 left out a very important fact. Many years ago the same subject was put to the voters...
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Trump has put losers in the pastNov 18, 2017 12:00 am - Responding to Mary Lou Anton's intelligent and well-stated article in the Daily Herald Nov. 11, I would like to help her out. She states that she always considered Bush ...
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Democrats now are the party of "No"Nov 18, 2017 12:00 am - The election results from the first off-year election are in and the Democrats are elated. They played the same card the Republicans played when Senate President Mitch M...
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Grateful for the positiveNov 17, 2017 12:00 am - We hear so much today about all of the negative things that are happening all around us every day. I just want to say thank you to a very responsible person. Yesterday w...