McHenry County Opinion
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Soapbox: Better to be lucky than goodOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - “I'd rather be lucky than good is a great mantra for golfers and, now too, for some private pilots. How else do you explain how a Naperville couple escaped death Wednesd...
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Quinn back stabs ordinary taxpayersOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Gov. Quinn has given the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees unionized state employees a 3 percent raise this year. He has scheduled to give the...
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We need Kirk's foreign experienceOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - We live in dangerous times, and we need experienced, internationally respected leaders like Mark Kirk in the Senate to help keep our country safe. Our most loyal and vul...
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Tough times need positive peopleOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - It's unfortunate, but I'm decidedly convinced the world will never be at peace. The world as in all the people who dwell on planet Earth, and the world as in Mother Natu...
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State missing chances to make moneyOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The Sunday Herald contained three seemingly unrelated articles that suggest a solution to the state's financial crisis. The first article indicated various candidates' p...
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Kirk will make Illinois a safer placeOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - As a father of two small children, I am always concerned about keeping my family safe. I support Mark Kirk because I believe he will take on crime in a hard-nosed but pr...
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Vote to steer away from tax increasesOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - That great triumvirate of deception of Obama-Pelosi-Reid and their lemmings in Congress trumpet the dictum of “soak the rich" by promising to repeal the Bush tax cuts fo...
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Look at how can we help urban poorOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - After a decade of downturn, and for the past three years the worst recession since the Great Depression, the news about skyrocketing suburban poverty this week shouldn't...
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Walker unafraid to be independentOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Walker's leadership in standing up to Todd Stroger and reducing the Cook County sales tax has earned him my vote this November. It took a businessman and a reformer...
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Turelli has right ideas on schoolsOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Lauren Turelli, the candidate for state representative in the 58th District, has both the experience and the right ideas that can improve our state's education standards...