Lake County Opinion
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Competition bad for your healthMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - I am having difficulty accepting the idea that "competition" is the solution to our health care problems. Healthcare policies are a fog of numbers, impenetrable and subj...
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One solution to unemploymentMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Everyone is crying, "I need a job now!" Here is a great way to get lots of people to work fast. The government should allow anyone who is eligible for Social Security to...
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Does Iraq war really top all the others?Mar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - I'd like to call attention to Cal Thomas' recent comments about the Iraq war. Quoting him: "It is the difference between life and death, victory and defeat in the most i...
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Blame the owner not the pit bullMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Elgin city council: Pit bull dogs don't make themselves bad; people make them bad. Your actions, in an attempt to make it look like you are doing something, has only pun...
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A loud, bizarre silence in Island LakeMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Here's a bizarre case of stone-cold silence that could happen almost no where in the suburbs but Island Lake, a community buffeted by odd government scandal in recent ye...
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Let health coverage cross state linesMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - A main component of the health care reform plan that President Obama revealed is insurance rate control. The federal Health and Human Services Department along with stat...
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Obama must do what it takes to fix systemMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - We're all concerned with increasing health costs, but you don't realize it until something happens to you personally. In December I broke my leg. Surgery had to be done ...
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Dist. 158 at fault for special ed problemMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Taxpayers in School District 158 should be disgusted with the administration and the school board regarding the recent resignation of the special education director. It ...
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Cigarette tax hike would harm IllinoisFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Anti-smoking advocates want a $1 per pack hike in Illinois' cigarette tax on top of the 62 cents per pack federal excise tax increase that took effect just last year (Fe...
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Death a sad wake-up call about cornerFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - On Thursday a fatality occurred at Benton and Northwest Highway, and one of the dearest, kindest people to ever grace this earth was lost to us fortunate enough to know ...