Cook County Opinion
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Taxpayers deserve vote on parkwayAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - I was appalled to read Karen McConnaughay's response to the reporter's key question in the Friday, July 31, Daily Herald interview on "The Case for Longmeadow." The repo...
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Unsafe bicycling 'pied piper' needs a lessonAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - My wife and I were driving north down Dryden Street on our weekly shopping trip. We came to a stop at the Olive Street stop sign. A squadron of bicyclists came pedaling ...
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Abortion scandal deserves more coverageAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - Shame on the Daily Herald for not having full coverage of the Planned Parenthood's odious and heinous actions. You spent more paper space on Cecil, the lion. Why aren't...
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Some good, some not among all immigrantsAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - I would like to thank Janet Kupp in Friday's "Your Views" for setting Patty Harmon straight. For centuries there have been illegal immigrants and legal immigrants. Most ...
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Still far to go in helping disabledAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - I was interested in your front page article Saturday, July 25, on the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. That was a wonderful step forward for disabled ...
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Here's how to manage a pension fundAug 04, 2015 1:00 am - With all the underfunded pension news that has been in the paper lately, I want to praise and thank the four management and four union trustees of Local Union No. 9 I.B....
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Maps drive can do something big for IllinoisAug 04, 2015 1:00 am - In her Daily Herald op-ed of July 22, Cynthia Canary, the new executive director of Independent Maps, makes an excellent case for meaningful change in Illinois via legis...
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Cover-up of Benghazi scandal still an issueAug 04, 2015 1:00 am - Some of what Martha Tuohy mentioned in her July 24th letter is true. Simply put, she has missed the point of the controversy on Benghazi attack. The lack of the U.S. b...
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Editorial: COD debate highlights the need to strengthen public access lawsAug 03, 2015 11:00 pm - It remains for authorities such as the DuPage County state's attorney to decide whether, as government watchdog groups urged last week, College of DuPage board members v...
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New law puts wastes to workAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - Government now has a chance to make sure our waste doesn't go to waste, thanks to a new state law passed this year to promote the smarter use of biosolids. New technolog...