Cook County Opinion
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Columnist distorts Clinton recordApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - The Herald continues to give Gene Lyons a forum to promote blatantly false information regarding Hillary Clinton's grossly negligent handling of classified information. ...
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Governor, do right thing for studentsApr 19, 2016 12:01 am - Dear Governor Rauner, As a public school educator since 1985, I have committed my professional life to the education of young people. It is these young adults who will ...
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Editorial: District 15 has much to prove on troubling 10-year teacher contractApr 17, 2016 11:00 pm - The next time the Palatine Elementary District 15 school board and its teachers will negotiate a new contract will be sometime around 2026, thanks to a new pact approved...
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Features, not conservation, explain Tesla popularityApr 17, 2016 1:00 am - In a recent letter to the editor, the writer asserts that the pre-production demand for the Model 3 Tesla shows that "preferences for clean over cheap energy may be grow...
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Financial crimes must be punishedApr 17, 2016 1:00 am - The headline in the Herald's April 12 edition reads "Goldman Sachs pays $5 billion to settle allegations of shoddy mortgages." The content of the article reveals that "n...
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Showing up at polls important for all votersApr 16, 2016 1:00 am - There are voters who ardently support a candidate to the extent that they say if their favorite isn't nominated by their political party that they will not support the c...
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Define 'crazy' when criticizing TrumpApr 16, 2016 1:00 am - I saw where The Boston Globe published a parody of itself based on if Donald Trump were elected president. I suppose the idea was to show how "crazy" things would be if ...
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Tax laws favor corporations over small businessesApr 16, 2016 1:00 am - Tax Day is the perfect time to highlight the different sets of rules that apply to small business and big business in our country. While most small business owners (an...
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Taxing vehicle mileage is not well thought-outApr 16, 2016 1:00 am - The Daily Herald editorial supporting state legislator Cullerton's proposal to tax resident mileage is so misguided as to spur one to use that page as birdcage liner. ...
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Who is the real 'Senator No'?Apr 16, 2016 1:00 am - An article written about Sen. Mitch McConnell and his band of "no never" cohorts seemed to be very one-sided. I am no fan of Sen. McConnell, but what he and his cohorts ...