Cook County Opinion
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Clinton should support leave actJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - Currently in Congress there is a bill that would establish a trust fund allowing new mothers to receive up to 12 weeks of paid family leave. This bill sets up a fund un...
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Omitting full title an insult to KingJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - All three candidates defrocked The Rev. Martin Luther King by using "Dr." and not "the Rev." They all refer to the Rev. Jackson and the Rev. Sharpton. Why not the Rev. K...
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Two presidential pardons brewing?Jan 20, 2016 11:00 pm - Now that this president has made his final state of the union speech our thoughts turn to who will be pardoned. My bet is there will be at least two people pardoned by P...
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Failing to vote hurts young peopleJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - I'm an ex-Army three-quarter's-decade staff sergeant who could not compute then, or now, "why not?" Then: 58,000 casualties within Vietnam, of which the majority were un...
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College of DuPage can't move forward without cooperative trusteesJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - Once again, the news covers board disagreements, not College of DuPage's positives. What is at stake at COD? Our students rely upon COD transfer credits. On Dec. 16, the...
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Professor should teach at different collegeJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - Many Christians from the Chicago area, including myself, have had their attention on the recent Daily Herald coverage of Wheaton College's professor of political science...
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Wheaton prof didn't deserve suspensionJan 19, 2016 11:01 pm - In her Jan. 18 letter, Patty Bertrand commented on Wheaton College Professor Larycia Hawkins who is being disciplined for stating that Christians and Muslims worship the...
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Americans' value: four times Iranians?Jan 19, 2016 11:01 pm - Well, as usual, we gave up seven Iranians and stopped arrest warrants on 14 fugitves for five Americans. Guess Americans are still worth four times more than others. Dor...
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Editorial: College of DuPage board appointment should go to Sandra PihosJan 19, 2016 10:00 pm - Last spring, 12 people sought three seats on the College of DuPage board in a very hard fought and bitter campaign. The Daily Herald participated in the process by inter...
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LivingWell thanks St. Charles drill teamJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - As LivingWell Cancer Resource Center celebrates its 10th year of providing compassionate care and hope to thousands of families facing cancer, we recognize that none of ...