Cook County Opinion
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Madigan and Co. protect themselvesAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - Due to a company transfer my family moved to Illinois in 1971. Now, the state is in financial trouble under Michael Madigan, House speaker, and Senate President John Cul...
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Hypocrisy on serviceAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - Re: Donald Trump's attacks on Sen. Blumenthal: Donald Trump should pay attention to what he says regarding other persons' military service. I recall Donald Trump as a "d...
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Hypocrisy on serviceAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - Re: Donald Trump's attacks on Sen. Blumenthal: Donald Trump should pay attention to what he says regarding other persons' military service. I recall Donald Trump as a "d...
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Perverting historyAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - The South with its Confederate flags and monuments has a perverted sense of history, which honors traitors who turned their backs on the Union, their military oaths and ...
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How does Mideast involvement help?Aug 19, 2017 1:00 am - The Afghanistan War began Oct. 1, 2001, almost 16 years ago with no end in sight. I wonder if anybody has any idea what an end to that war would even look like. During t...
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'Peasants' at mercy of leaders at all levelsAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - Will the various levels of government never tire of screwing the peasants into the ground? Do they comprehend something as simple as survival economics? The peasants ce...
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Sad headlineAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - Re: Daily Herald of Aug. 15: "Trump: 'racism is evil'". It's a sad state of affairs when the Daily Herald deems a declaration by the president of the United States that ...
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Editorial: Simple time card could verify pension eligibilityAug 17, 2017 1:00 am - It takes a hard worker to be on the job more than 11 hours a day, seven days a week, every week of the year. Joe Vallez is that guy, affidavits from boards of three sub...
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Afghanistan another neocon conspiracy?Aug 17, 2017 12:01 am - The conspiracy of the neocons is back. The connection between Steve Bannon, the Prez and his threat to fire Gen. John Nicholson, commander in Afghanistan, abetted by Jar...
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Village misusing power on FOIA requestsAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - Wheeling's approach to its civically engaged resident is emblematic of government misuse of power. Illinoisans have the right to evaluate government actions by using the...