McHenry County Opinion
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Tips shouldn't be requestedSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The bartender who wrote on Aug. 27 commented on tipping at "open bars" at a banquet. If the management has arranged with the host for set prices, gratuity is assumed to ...
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Muslim defenders should speak outSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Richard Cohen's recent column indicting The Economist for its endorsement of a contemporary biography of Sayyid Qutb highlights the frightening trend in our country in w...
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Foster has empathy for working classSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The Republican Party has abandoned the middle class and has become the party of corporate interest and the very rich. One needs to look no further than the 14th Congress...
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Repeat after me: Dan-AAAA-daSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The Aug. 29 Daily Herald article on the legacy of Dan and Ada Rice left on south Wheaton written by Susan Dibble was excellent. With our family having been one of the or...
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Do senators get more 'routine' tests?Sep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I find it curious that Sen. Dick Durbin's recent tumor was found because of a "routine" CT scan on his health checkup. My health care plan does not include a routine CT ...
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Sportsplex not wanted in LakewoodSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - How does a small town like Lakewood take over a small community like Colleens Cote of Huntley and build a sportsplex with no money? Annexing our community and building a...
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Dismayed by ECC's positionSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Sam MacKinney, in his letter to the editor, said he was "disappointed to see that Elgin Community College believes the taxpayers want them to help 'undocumented students...
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Give credit where credit is dueSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I went out on a recent Sunday and got all four of the Sunday papers as I wanted to read the opinion sections to see how they dealt with the early withdrawal of all comba...
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Create path to legal statusSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - The naysayers seem to try to divide and conquer when they have no other option. In a letter published Aug, 28, David White spread his version of negativism by calling up...
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Funds for higher ed will bolster economySep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - An important Harper College building project was mentioned in a recent story about a political dispute between state Sen. Mike Noland and his opponent, Steve Rauschenber...