Cook County Opinion
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Consider influence of the gun lobbyJun 24, 2017 1:00 am - There is no excusing what happened the beautiful morning the 14th of June in Alexandria, Virginia, but let us just be completely honest about blame: The NRA has had its ...
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Sloppy complaints about health careJun 24, 2017 1:00 am - After reading letters from different people spouting off about the Health Care reform, I have to wonder if any of the negative writers have read a newspaper lately. The ...
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Thanks for support of DuPage Relay for LifeJun 24, 2017 1:00 am - On behalf of the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Northern DuPage, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of our supporters. In addition to than...
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No prosecution of presidential crime?Jun 24, 2017 1:00 am - I have heard several times that a sitting president cannot be charged in a criminal indictment. That makes absolutely no sense. Suppose a president were to shoot his wif...
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Wrong on birth controlJun 23, 2017 1:00 am - The Trump administration has recommended defunding Planned Parenthood and drastically curtailing the birth control mandates in Obamacare. These moves threaten to end the...
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Ugly left disrupted anti-Sharia rallyJun 23, 2017 1:00 am - I was fortunate to be able to attend the Anti-Sharia rally in downtown Chicago. Let me make it clear that it was not an anti-Muslim rally. It was basically a coming toge...
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Pertinent facts on school funding reformJun 22, 2017 1:00 am - When it comes to the discussion about SB1, an Illinois Senate bill designed to revise the current school funding formula, those who advocate for its passage conveniently...
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Kindness of strangersJun 22, 2017 1:00 am - Kindness prevails on a United Airlines aircraft. I'm a senior who was injured while in Colorado. Trying to walk to my seat, I had tears running down my face from pain. A...
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Polish spoken, too, at Ecker CenterJun 22, 2017 12:00 am - Thank you so much for Elena Ferrarin and Marie Wilson's mental health series. We would like to add that aside from having a broad range Spanish speaking professionals on...
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Making a statement on supportive housingJun 21, 2017 11:00 pm - People with disabilities live all around us. And often, in the suburbs, they live with great difficulty, thanks to a dearth of support from a state mired in budget calam...