Cook County Opinion
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Series showed need for aid to disabledOct 10, 2016 1:00 am - I wanted to thank reporter Marie Wilson for her series on the crisis for parents caring for adult children with severe disabilities in Illinois. She was thorough in her ...
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Columnist hardly has all the answersOct 10, 2016 1:00 am - After reading Kathleen Parker's column in the Friday, Sept. 23 Daily Herald, I have lost all respect for her as a columnist. She correctly prophesied in her column that ...
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Unions just want money official is savingOct 10, 2016 1:00 am - I have been reading with much interest the stories of AFSCME's attempt to unionize the Lake County Circuit Clerk's office. As a supporter of private sector unions, but ...
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Sign thieves steal First Amendment rightsOct 10, 2016 1:00 am - Today I filed a police report. I have not before said those words out loud. Today I walked out my front door to find the "Vote No for Now" sign posted on my front lawn ...
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Protect transportation moneyOct 10, 2016 1:00 am - I don't know much ... and that includes anything about the proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution for Transportation Funds. I saw an ad on TV and was glad to re...
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Misguided on misogynyOct 09, 2016 1:00 am - Kathleen Parker writes, "Newsflash, Donald is a misogynist, but Hillary is worse for bringing it up in the debate." Really? I would prefer Ms. Parker's shock and awe be ...
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Endorsement: Dold over Schneider in U.S. House 10Oct 08, 2016 2:00 pm - One of the suburban congressional races with national interest in the Nov. 8 election is the intense competition between U.S. Rep. Bob Dold of Kenilworth and former U.S....
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GOP goal: Defund, degrade and privatizeOct 08, 2016 1:00 am - While you are watching the three-ring campaign circus, you are being distracted by the real threat to Americans. It is no secret that the goal of the GOP is to dismantle...
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Trump not the author of racismOct 08, 2016 1:00 am - In the Oct. 3 edition of letters to the Daily Herald, Robert Frankel asks, "When did it become acceptable to express hatred of those with a different color, religion, or...
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New direction starts with ourselvesOct 08, 2016 1:00 am - Clinton although experienced is not the solution. She's a path of the same old politics, which has led us backward. Obama has not been a blessing to African American soc...