Cook County Opinion
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Don't poison unwelcome animalsSep 16, 2015 12:00 am - There is a monster loose in Roselle. Just in the last few months I have seen deer, coyote, rabbits, opossum, skunk, my neighbor's dog, cats, raccoon and fox in my back y...
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Springfield Dems' misplaced prioritiesSep 16, 2015 12:00 am - Illinoisans deserve a government that treats taxpayers with respect and is fair to state employees who administer necessary services. Last week in Springfield, a group o...
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Article overlooked good townships doSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - A recent article and Opinion in the Daily Herald was critical of how township General Assistance department's money was being spent. The article only compared the staf...
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Columnist misses Davis' pointSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - In the Sept. 6 Daily Herald, Connie Schultz wrote an unfavorable column about Kim Davis, the Kentucky woman who went to jail rather than cave on her religious conviction...
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Editorial: The increasing need for suburban housing options for seniorsSep 14, 2015 11:00 pm - The village of Hanover Park is the latest in growing number of communities facing the same issue: a lack of housing for a growing senior population. It's an issue that s...
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Pay attention to the big numbers, tooSep 14, 2015 1:00 am - In the headlines in the Opinion Section, the Daily Herald editors implore us to "Pay attention to local financial issues." The article hits hard at the key issue of garb...
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Why arbitration law necessarily bad?Sep 14, 2015 1:00 am - In your statements on the issue of opposing Rauner's arbitration-law, about the fact it as a bad law, please be aware that thousands of labor/mgmt disputes have arbitrat...
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Good reasons not to fund Planned ParenthoodSep 14, 2015 1:00 am - Pro-choice folks joined the pro-life community in condemning Planned Parenthood trafficking in aborted baby parts, particularly the cavalier attitude of senior officials...
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Abortion restriction proposal is 'pro-human'Sep 14, 2015 1:00 am - In a recent Daily Herald opinion article, is was stated, "It's also true that most people who kill other people do it with guns." Statistics beg to differ. Annual gun-re...
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If clerk goes to jail, what about others?Sep 14, 2015 1:00 am - A county clerk in Kentucky is in jail for refusing to obey a federal law on gay marriage. If this is acceptable, shouldn't mayors of sanctuary cities go to jail for diso...