Cook County Opinion
-
Finding fewer reasons to stay in IllinoisMar 31, 2014 5:01 am - Even the dumbest animal understands "You don't bite the hand that feeds you!" So raising taxes of million dollar owners of businesses and top executives of big companies...
-
Spring is time to renew good eating habitsMar 30, 2014 5:01 am - After several months of crippling snowstorms, I really look forward to spring weather, green grass and flowers in bloom. The advent of spring is also a great opportunity...
-
Your children's eyes are on you, driversMar 30, 2014 5:01 am - I find it quite disappointing to see so many parents defying driving and parking laws when their children accompany them. Being a parent requires continually setting goo...
-
Too much revealed about cockpit controlsMar 29, 2014 5:01 am - Before 9/11, 19 foreign terrorists entered this country just to learn to fly a plane - not to take off or land, just to man controls while in flight. Today, after blanke...
-
The problem with Illinois is MadiganMar 29, 2014 5:01 am - Voters select candidates we feel will represent our ideas. No voter (I know) feels any candidate's ability includes thinking for me. Our current elected officials have n...
-
We should revisit abortion rulingsMar 29, 2014 5:01 am - I read this morning that Judge Susan Webber Wright has struck down as unconstitutional an Arkansas law prohibiting abortion citing previous legal opinions regarding fetu...
-
Way to go, Nanci KoschmanMar 29, 2014 5:01 am - Society and the city of Chicago owe Nanci Koschman a big hug for her refusing to fold to the scalawag Daley Administration. For years she held on to nothing but her son ...
-
The SoapboxMar 29, 2014 5:00 am - At least one sign of spring: It would be nice to feel warmly about Monday's opening of the Cubs and White Sox seasons, but it has been difficult to think warmly abo...
-
Public sector unions undermine local controlMar 28, 2014 5:01 am - I was struck by the recent comments of retiring police and fire board Chairman George Busse Daily Herald, Feb. 25) regarding the loss of local control over the hiring, p...
-
Judges forced concealed carry on usMar 28, 2014 5:01 am - Your March 23 front-page story, "A Home for the Range," is told almost entirely from the point of view of operators of gun stores and shooting ranges. The writer apparen...