Lake County Opinion
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How Dold could really move to centerSep 21, 2012 5:00 am - I’ve been receiving Robert Dold’s recent fliers touting his bipartisanship, independence and willingness to work with anyone. And I read the Daily Herald’s editorial opi...
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HOLD: UN Treaty Decides Handicapped Kids CareSep 20, 2012 11:00 pm - September 21, 2012 Dear Daily Herald Editor, The U.S. Senate is likely to soon vote on ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabi...
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Stevenson offers great educationSep 20, 2012 5:00 am - Recently, my wife and I vicariously became our freshman daughter at Stevenson High School. We filled her shoes, walked the hallways and attended her classes, mingling wi...
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11th candidates more to my tasteSep 20, 2012 4:40 am - I was ecstatic when I found out that due to boundary changes I was leaving the 14th Congressional District and would now be in the 11th Congressional District. I say thi...
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Editorial: A close-to-home economic strategySep 19, 2012 8:59 am - At a meeting with the Daily Herald editorial board this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on the usual topics — political dysfunction in Washington, the o...
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Stronger rules needed on cyberattacksSep 19, 2012 5:00 am - The White House plans rules for cybersecurity. The 21st century is synonymous with the age of technology. As such, new laws must be passed in order to accommodate the ch...
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Times have changed; end teacher unionsSep 19, 2012 5:00 am - Once again, your paper displays an interesting viewpoint in your “Our View” column of Sept. 12. Within the article, you repeatedly use the word collaboration and implore...
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4 years of Obama has weighed on usSep 18, 2012 5:00 am - Last evening after watching Bill O’Reilly and a few other “talking heads,” I asked myself, “How could anyone in their right mind vote to give four more years to Barack O...
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MSNBC, Fox ‘News’ dividing the countrySep 18, 2012 5:00 am - I put the quotation marks around “News” because it really is a stretch to call it news. I am watching the Democratic National Convention, jumping from C-SPAN, to MSNBC, ...
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Glacial pace of Quentin Road work just not acceptableSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - Many of you probably are just as frustrated as I am about the lethargic construction of Quentin Road in Palatine (I think Rome was built quicker). I inquired about the t...