Cook County Opinion
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Cellphone accident rates have changed littleSep 02, 2013 5:00 am - Cellphone accident rates have changed little With so much being made of the dangers of using a cellphone while driving, one would expect that, over the years, accid...
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Respect the office of the presidencySep 01, 2013 5:00 am - Congratulations to Dick Deranian of Schaumburg, who pointed out in his Aug. 26 letter, “Claims against Obama polarizing nation,” that respect for the office of the presi...
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Columnist’s timeline factual, insightfulSep 01, 2013 5:00 am - I was never so in agreement with the article you had in Wednesday’s Opinion Page from columnist Richard Cohen from The Washington Post with the headline, “Charting the e...
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Mayor, resign from anti-gun groupSep 01, 2013 4:27 am - Mayor, resign from anti-gun group I was shocked to discover our mayor of Elgin, David Kaptain, is a member of Michael Bloomberg’s Mayor Against Illegal Guns, (MAIG)...
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The SoapboxAug 31, 2013 5:00 am - Rudeness at its worst: Sad note the other day about a mother dreading the start of school because she has to get her disabled child on a bus. That’s not the sad part. Sh...
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King would champion animal rights, tooAug 30, 2013 11:46 am - This week’s 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s March on Washington is being observed with marches, speeches and speculation on what causes Dr. King would embrace t...
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Enough with the Republican deniersAug 30, 2013 11:46 am - Evidently the Republican deniers have decided that the president and the Democrats in Congress are entirely responsible for the sequester. To come to this conclusion the...
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Editorial: Suburbs take aim in the heroin battleAug 30, 2013 9:02 am - DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen saw the after effects, counted the bodies and made sure the public was aware of the reality. With 31 confirmed heroin overdose de...
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Remembrance rescue truck visits West ChicagoAug 29, 2013 11:00 pm - West Chicago, Illinois: August 30, 2013 – West Chicago business owners Kent Jean and Kevin Fett of Evo Exhibits welcomed one of two remaining Rescue Trucks from 9/11 to ...
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Many questions not asked about Metra scandalAug 29, 2013 5:00 am - In your Sports section, a writer recently used the phrase “that leaves a lot of questions unanswered.” In the case of the muddled mess at Metra there are so many questio...