Letters to the Editor
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We should use clout to get train bypassesDec 30, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Obama (Illinois). President-elect chief of staff Rahm Emanuel (Illinois). Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (Illinois). Secretary of Transportation Ray La...
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Obama spending mimics FDR failureDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama plans to spend the U.S. out of the current economic crisis. In other words, he will revive the policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who helped...
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A different world without Bill of RightsDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - I thought it amazing that you recently published the letter about Bill of Rights Day. This nation is currently facing many problems, and I would suggest one simple, swee...
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Is television really a life necessity?Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - While many people blame the public school system for the failure of our nation's children, there is actually a federally funded program that will pay $40 towards the pur...
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Durbin flip-flopped on filling seatDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - I watched Sen. Durbin's press conference on Dec. 9 related to the Blagojevich allegations, and for a brief moment he actually exhibited a rare sign of rationality. He su...
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Workers need right to unionizeDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - Hardworking Americans are hurting. Paychecks have flat-lined, but everything else keeps going up - health care, college tuition, groceries and more. Hardworking America...
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Group preserves Eartha Kitt's storyDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - On Sept. 20th of this year, the HistoryMakers (an origination dedicated to preserving African-American culture by melding the African tradition of oral history with mode...
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Don't confuse the two CyranosDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - I am in no way defending Governor Blagojevich, either for any of his alleged crimes nor for his presumed plagiarism as suggested by Chuck Goudie in his Dec. 22 column. ...
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Something to counter bailoutsDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - So, if all of the illegal aliens went back to their country of origin we'd have 0 percent unemployment and billions in public expense savings. Encourage all of the illeg...
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Limits are unfair to malpractice victimsDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - In your December 20 editorial "Court must protect malpractice limits" you urge the Illinois Supreme Court to maintain limits on damages on medical malpractice cases, sta...