Letters to the Editor
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Democrats' heads in sand on energyAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - When it comes to speaking out in favor of expanding our energy development options, our Illinois delegation seems to acquiesce to the Democratic position of "do nothing"...
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Oil plan must start with conservationAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - I am amazed at Douglas Dallmer's letter on Aug. 16th. He wrote 300 words on our energy problems that will be solved by offshore drilling. But of those 300 words, one key...
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Most of us are not better off todayAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A fine gentlemen (Mr. Wagner, Aug. 28 Fence Post) spoke of how we are better off economically now than when President Clinton was our leader. Oh really? I can only come...
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Obama offers us a better futureAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - I can always usually tell by the tone of letters printed here if someone is a Republican and McCain supporter. The letters are often filled with cynicism, sarcasm and d...
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The media's views of campaign firstsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Throughout the coverage of the Democrats gathering in Denver, the liberal media has made it abundantly clear with commentary and choice of film clips that Barack Obama i...
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Abortion decision is for the womanAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to put the men who protest abortion in the girl's shoes. Some of them may even be ones that sweet-talked a girl into sex or even raped her. Then, ask them h...
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Not the time to relinquish controlAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - This responds to the editorial titled "Settle the District U-46 Bias Suit Soon," published in the Daily Herald Aug. 15. It's time that the members of this community unde...
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Raise income tax to support schoolsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - In Illinois we have very little pork in our state budget. But we have to work on the logic of taxing the poorest in Illinois to pay for our services. In Illinois if you ...
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No way, no how, no Barack ObamaAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - I just saw a breaking AP news story that Russian President Dimitry Medvedev is warning that his country may respond to a U.S. missile shield in Europe by military means....
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Kirk helping to strip pensions from felonsAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - In 1996, former Illinois Rep. Dan Rostenkowski was convicted of mail fraud and sentenced to serve 17 months in federal prison. But despite being found guilty of stealing...