Letters to the Editor
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Senior drivers are unfairly singled outDec 28, 2023 11:43 am - Why pick on seniors simply because they are seniors? How about requiring road testing for licenses where individuals are cited for moving violations, or cited for being ...
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A parenting questionDec 28, 2023 11:41 am - During a discussion on crime, Lake County States’s Attorney Eric Reinhart shared the importance of the beginning of the story. He stated it’s “disturbing” that seven out ...
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Not so grateful for COVID-19 vaccineDec 28, 2023 11:40 am - While I respect Mr. Raffel’s opinion regarding COVID-19 (Daily Herald, Dec. 13) , I would like to remind him that after the vaccine was released to the public, pharmaceut...
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Pay and valueDec 28, 2023 11:37 am - I distinctly remember arguing with my father in the mid-sixties over the value of a baseball player. At the time $125,000 per year was considered the threshold of greatne...
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Performance and ageismDec 28, 2023 11:36 am - Ageism is one of the last “ism” that we should challenge. The recent Daily Herald articles on unnecessary driver’s test requirements for older adults call out the realit...
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Don’t confuse ratings, quality in sports talk radioDec 20, 2023 12:25 pm - Jim O’Donnell conflates ratings with quality. Does that mean fewer people getting their news from newspapers must imply that the quality of the Daily Herald has suffered?...
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Canceling unityDec 20, 2023 12:24 pm - The Department of Defense commanded by Biden's Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is dutifully taking part in an iconoclastic sweep of American history with the removal of...
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Keeping COVID in perspectiveDec 20, 2023 12:24 pm - This in response to a letter by Bill Robin of Dec. 18 claiming the deaths by COVID-19 alone are rare. I have some words for this biased, misguided letter. Yes, there are ...
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Road testing requirement is reasonable, fairDec 18, 2023 3:11 pm - I am writing to express my support of the mandatory road testing for seniors after reading Marni Pyke’s Dec. 11 article entitled “Is Illinois’ mandatory road test for sen...
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Inaccurate claimDec 18, 2023 3:10 pm - The suggestion by Mr.Martire that Gov. Rauner had any part in the Illinois pension situation its misinformed and misstated by Mr. Martire regardless of his title.The legi...