Cook County Opinion
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Raising the legal ageNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - A mayor of a Northwest suburb recently said that he wanted to outlaw tobacco sales. I am not going to research the subject, but I am going to guess that tobacco has be...
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It's not about the flagNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - The professional sports community is expressing a rejection of an individual, not our nation. One person, incapable of being part of any team, has chosen to attack peopl...
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No excuse for holding up JFK documentsNov 01, 2017 12:01 am - President Trump held back several hundred JFK files to allow security officials a chance to review them over the next six months. What could they possibly be doing in th...
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The ignored solution to opioid epidemicOct 28, 2017 1:00 am - As a board-certified family and integrative medicine physician, I'm always looking for the best, long-term treatments for my patients. Unfortunately, a physician's optio...
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Remember rights of the accused in courtOct 28, 2017 1:00 am - This letter is in response to your editorial "How would camera disrupt courtroom decorum?" in which you criticized DuPage County Judge Brian Telander for rejecting a med...
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Who will lead this 'New World Order'?Oct 28, 2017 1:00 am - I could barely read Kathleen Parker's Oct 24 article "Saying things that need to be said" without thinking, "Huh?" After eight years of hibernating from voicing anything...
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What took so long?Oct 27, 2017 1:00 am - I'm 74 years old and have been aware of the existence of the "casting couch" in Hollywood all my adult life. So, in all these years, why haven't outspoken actresses like...
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Sad ironiesOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - There is nothing so dangerous as a bullying coward trying to convince everyone that is trying desperately to convince everyone that he is not a bullying coward when ever...
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Poor quality road workOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - I'd like to commend Plote and the state of Illinois on a job well botched. The roadway from east of Harper College east to Golf Road has recently been completely resurf...
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Abandoning Girl ScoutsOct 26, 2017 1:00 am - The fact that the Boy Scouts of America is now allowing girls to enter is more an act of condescension to the Girl Scout organization than it is an uplifting story of ge...