Cook County Opinion
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Sad loss for BarringtonSep 11, 2016 1:00 am - I read with surprise and distress of the death of Roberta Rapata. She was such a wonderful person, and I thoroughly enjoyed our discussions regarding Barrington. She agr...
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Trump's trust hurt by not releasing taxesSep 11, 2016 1:00 am - According to the IRS, Donald Trump is free to release his tax forms. The IRS has no restriction on their release even though they are under audit. In spite of that, Trum...
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Parkinson's issue is bigger than ClintonSep 11, 2016 1:00 am - Some conservative commentators are calling for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race for president based on rumors that she has Parkinson's disease. The "evidence" is...
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Drug companies don't worry about ethicsSep 11, 2016 1:00 am - Your cartoon depicting the big drug companies as blood suckers is right on the mark. I was a practicing pharmacist for over 45 years. I saw their price fixing, bribing w...
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Level pension playing fieldSep 11, 2016 1:00 am - Totally eliminate all pensions dealing any government connections, federal, state and local. Easier said than done. There are of course many complications, but until we ...
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Let's end complaints on LongmeadowSep 11, 2016 12:01 am - I realize the media feels some perverse obligation to report on happenings in their region. However, I wish these reporters would evaluate the statements they quote as t...
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Revolving-door prison not the solution for drugsSep 10, 2016 1:00 am - President Obama's recent commutation of 111 inmates from prison certainly sounds noble enough. After all, many of these felons do have families and in many cases their c...
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Low wages drive shortage of workers to help disabledSep 10, 2016 1:00 am - Little City encourages all of its stakeholders to contact local lawmakers and the governor's office to encourage them to support $15 per hour for direct support professi...
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Government should use Hillary's great computersSep 10, 2016 1:00 am - The article Frances Hanion wrote in Your Views about Hilary was spot on. Her computer should have been confiscated, as it would have been if it were you or me. When she...
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Do we care anymore about dishonesty?Sep 09, 2016 1:00 am - I am sure being dishonest goes back a very long way, I would bet there was a cave man who all the other cave dwellers often said, "you can't believe a word Trog says abo...