Articles filed under Opinion
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The importance of holding, and hosting, G20Sep 11, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Arthur I. Cyr: President Donald Trump has announced the United States will host the next meeting of the G20 in 2026 at his Doral Resort in Florida. This is major, and encouraging, news.
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Wrong focus for gun banSep 10, 2025 3:55 pm - As a transplant to Illinois from Minnesota, I was sickened to read of the shooting of elementary-aged children at their school. This has become so commonplace in our gun-...
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Let’s cut influence of money in politicsSep 10, 2025 10:01 am - Would gun laws be stronger if gun makers did not make large political contributions? Would pharmaceuticals cost less if their producers did not make large political contr...
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Deny forum for pardoned insurrectionistSep 10, 2025 10:00 am - Stewart Rhodes, insurrectionist founder of the Oath Keepers and other ill-intentioned individuals, attacked the Congress of the United States on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attem...
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A call for kindnessSep 10, 2025 10:00 am - I made a post today in the Everything Schaumburg Group on Facebook. Here it is: “I was at Walgreens at Wise & Roselle yesterday and the girl changing shelf tags was doing...
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Report ignored important factsSep 10, 2025 9:59 am - The Daily Herald’s anti-Trump bias ranges from mild to extreme. A more subtle version appears in the Aug. 31 front-page story, “ ‘Extremely unusual’: Former Illinois Nati...
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Running scaredSep 10, 2025 9:59 am - Our illustrious governor now says he would welcome the FBI to Chicago to combat crime. Why didn’t he request this months ago? The threat of federal intervention has him r...
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Caring for, saving one box turtleSep 10, 2025 9:58 am - The red eyes of the “SAVE the BOX TURTLE” on Aug. 17 instantly compelled my attention. In June 1993, I thought I saw a rock in the middle of the road, however the rock mo...
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Media refusing to speak truth to powerSep 10, 2025 9:57 am - Jim Slusher is wrong. Sometimes there are NOT two sides. In the case of Trump sending unwanted, not requested, military troops into a city instead of working with that ci...
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Church must stand up and care for allSep 10, 2025 9:57 am - As a congregation seeking to faithfully follow Jesus Christ, we, Church of the Cross (PCUSA), are disturbed by actions taken by the current administration of our country ...