Cook County Opinion
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This will only work if we all complyAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - Changes are being made to the path around Lake Arlington so cyclists and skaters are to move around the lake in a counterclockwise direction on the outside of the path w...
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Concert series the best in the ‘burbsAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - I would like to thank Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig B. Johnson, the Elk Grove Village trustees and the Elk Grove Village Park District for once again giving us, their re...
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Owning guns OK; concealing them isn’tAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - Steve Quick’s letter (“Preserve the right to defend ourselves,” July 31) is replete with false assumptions. The vast majority of Americans don’t want to “live in a world...
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Opinions in paper are what they claim to beAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - I was amused to see the letter by Mr. Gordon Fallowfield on Aug. 5 accusing the Daily Herald of being in “cahoots” with President Obama. Most of the letters printed are ...
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Safety is duty of motorcyclists, tooAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - Whenever I see the slogan “Start seeing motorcycles” I think about the times I do see motorcycles. More often than not they are weaving recklessly through traffic on the...
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Kudos for Roskam for student loan billAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - The recent debate in Congress over student loan interest rates is of particular interest to college students like myself. My friends and I wonder how soon we’ll be able ...
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Don’t dismiss Bible as irrelevantAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - A recent letter tries to compare homosexual marriage to race and slavery as an issue, and implies the Bible is no longer valid. While the Bible does not say interracial ...
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Letter lacks evidence on voting claimsAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - In the Aug. 3 edition, Alfred Y. Kirkland Jr., in his attempt at Republican-bashing, claims that, “Today’s Republican politicians in Texas, in North Carolina, and in oth...
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Congress puts itself in a class aboveAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - I sent the following letter to Sen. Dick Durbin. I don’t expect a reply. Dear Sen. Durbin: Knowing that you were a big supporter of the train wreck that is Obamacare (th...
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Power of telephone now being realizedAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - “Come here, Watson” were the first words spoken on the first telephone by Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant in 1875. Little did he know that his legacy and inventio...