Cook County Opinion
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Editorial: What Mayor Rooney needs to remember in SpringfieldSep 17, 2016 2:00 pm - Tom Rooney's always been one of our favorite suburban mayors. Pleasant guy; wide-eyed; boyish enthusiasm; seems genuinely open to other opinions, not just his own; an en...
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A better way to handle bathroom flapSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - How sad that Melissa Omalley Walker and other parents of children at Wredling Middle School in St. Charles missed a golden opportunity to model for their children the wa...
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Reducing debt must become a prioritySep 17, 2016 1:00 am - First, a few facts. Our national debt is just under $20 trillion. As a percentage of the GDP, it has never been higher in our country's history except during World War I...
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Justice was served in murder trialSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - Marco Lopez was found not guilty of the horrendous murders of Luis and Segundo Reynoso. I was one of 12 jurors who decided that the state did not present sufficient evid...
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Thanks for support of MAP grantsSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - I'm excited to return to the University of Illinois at the start of this new semester. In the year ahead, I hope our legislators address higher education affordability. ...
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Kaepernick should remember all who sacrificed for himSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - Colin Kaepernick, a multimillionaire black has-been football player, refuses to stand during the national anthem in protest of the way, in his mind, his people are mistr...
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'Little Sisters' in trouble because of ACASep 17, 2016 1:00 am - The First Amendment is the freedom of religion, not freedom from religion, as the administration and the Clintons believe. The administration is continuing to fine The L...
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Focus on family to start education reformSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - Why do some people believe that quality education for all students in our state can only be achieved by equal government-sponsored education spending on each student? T...
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Views of candidates don't make senseSep 16, 2016 1:00 am - I can't believe what is happening in this presidential election. One candidate has a lifetime of public service, worked on civil rights issues, health care, wife of a go...
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Still a conspiracy?Sep 16, 2016 1:00 am - Will the Democrats now quit claiming that the Republicans' concern over Hillary's health is a "right-wing conspiracy"? Gary Sheffert Arlington Heights ...