Letters to the Editor
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Did McCain forget smear campaign?Sep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - John McCain is widely regarded as a man of honor and integrity. But does the reality match the reputation? In 2000 McCain had beaten George W. Bush in early primaries fo...
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End GOP refrain of 'God made me do it'Sep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As a non-theist, I take seriously the religious beliefs of aspirants for high office. In twelve previous elections I followed from 1952 through 1996, religion, for the m...
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Obama, McCain are clearly differentSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - In these perilous times, voters should choose an extraordinary man (Barack Obama) rather than an ordinary man (John McCain). Mary F. Warren Wheaton ...
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Thanks for stepping up to the plate, ItascaSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - During the past weekend's flooding, Itasca stepped up to the plate and helped out unlike I have ever seen before. My street was flooded and the water overflowed from the...
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Remembering 9/11 plus sevenSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Roughly 2,555 days have gone by since that infamous and horrific day seven years ago when Daily Herald readers and all of America watched in disbelief as Islamic terrori...
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Addison's efforts heroic during floodSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - On behalf of the Addison Chamber of Commerce & Industry, its members and the community we serve, we would like to express our sincere appreciation for all that you and y...
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Republicans are the party of greedSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm writing in response to Ryan Melchin's letter (Fence Post, July 28) lamenting the falsehood that the Democratic Party do nothing for middle class families. Ryan, funn...
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Herald shows bias in Iraq war coverageSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As I read today's paper, (Sept. 7) "Our View" entitled "The Politics of Blaming the Media," I thought it was very refreshing when the Republican party leaders at the Rep...
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Convention bling is off-puttingSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - While Americans are struggling with many different problems, Cindy McCain appears at the convention wearing almost $300,000 worth of jewelry. What better way to empathiz...
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Universal health care not a panaceaSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently you published a letter from a lady in Elgin in support of universal health care. Her opening sentence is that every industrialized nation but the U.S. has a sys...