McHenry County Opinion
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Harris would help solve budget messAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - I read with interest the Fence Post letter complimenting incumbent state Rep. Mark Walker for wanting to run the state like a business and voting against a pay raise for...
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Elderly treated worse than prisonersAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - I have recently been looking for a placement for my 88-year-old mother. She was given 30 days to leave an assisted living facility. After spending all of her cash and do...
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'Racism' losing its meaningAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - The all important word "racism" is in danger of losing all meaning. Much like the boy who cried wolf, those in today's society who cry racism in the direction of anythin...
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Beck and followers merely rantingAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - I see that Glenn Beck was out on the National Mall trying to co-opt the anniversary of Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech. It seems he is trying to take back the country...
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Don't forget victims of our aggressionAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - I hope the imam who is behind building the Muslim cultural center near the site of the 9/11 attacks - a so-called "sanctified" site, by the way, that includes liquor sto...
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Franks a man of the peopleAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I want to publicly commend State Rep. Jack Franks for the great work he does for the people of McHenry County. Because of many people's frustration with the state of Ill...
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Bean only appears to be a moderateAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Congresswoman Melissa Bean is a stealth liberal masquerading as a moderate. When her vote is needed to pass close votes on leftist agenda legislation she votes in lock-s...
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Create more laws for religious structuresAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I want to thank Daily Herald for running the Aug. 22 article, "Questions and answers about ground zero," by the Associated Press. It is the best yet. A proposed Islamic ...
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This is not my AmericaAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - First came the cameras, "just to keep us safe," then the mandatory seat belt law, "for our own safety," no smoking, no cell phones, no salt, no sugar, "just to keep us h...
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Squad cars shouldn't wait on the medianAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - On Aug. 22 at about 10 p.m., I was traveling westbound on Lake-Cook Road between Skokie Valley Road and Northbrook Mall. I noticed a cop car sitting in the median (betwe...